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ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Denarius of Tiberius

Place CreatedLyon, France, Europe

CultureRoman

PeriodJulio-Claudian, reign of Tiberius

Date14-37 CE

MediumSilver

Credit LineGift of Thomas K. Glenn

Dimensions1/8 oz., 3/4 in. (3.5 g, 1.9 cm)

Object numberX.0001.053

Label TextObverse: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, with laureate head of Tiberius to right

Reverse: PONTIF MAXIM, with draped female figure seated to right, holding branch and long vertical sceptre, on chair with ornamented legs; below chair, a single line
Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
EUMAA, Permanent Collection Gallery, June 11, 1987
EUMAA, Permanent Collection Gallery, March 1990
Published ReferencesEmory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 11.

ProvenanceEx coll. Thomas K. Glenn (1868-1946), Atlanta, Georgia.

Status

Not on view

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