Tiberius, 14-37. Aureus (Gold, 19 mm, 7.76 g, 8 h), Lugdunum, late 20s-early 30s. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS Laureate head of Tiberius to right. Rev. PONTIF MAXIM Female figure (Livia?) seated right on a throne with decorated legs, holding a reversed spear and a branch. BMC 46. BN 23. Calicó 305a. Cohen 15. RIC 29. A remarkably fine, very well-struck piece, with an idealistic portrait of the emperor. Extremely fine.

Ex Nomos 14, 17 May 2017, 329 and from a European collection.

This coin bears a rather idealized and youthful portrait of Tiberius, showing him as an elegant young man in the tradition of the portraits of his ‘father’ Augustus. This is, in fact, an astonishingly elegant coin.