17C094
TIBERIUS
AV Aureus (7.73 gm)
Lugdunum, c. 14-15 A.D.

Laureate head of Tiberius r. / Emperor in quadriga r. RIC 1. Ex HAS Huntington Collection.

The reign of Tiberius opened with a military crisis. The legions stationed in Pannonia and the Rhine district struck for higher pay and increased pensions; at the same time the disaffected troops endeavored to induce Germanicus to strike a blow for the supreme power. Greatly to his credit Germanicus declined to countenance the suggestion, and with the cooperation of Drusus, the revolt was successfully smoothed over.

This coin appears to have been struck in allusion to the restoration of military order through the instrumentality of Germanicus and Drusus.

Rare

Catalogue XVII

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