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Object Type: coin
Museum number: R.6288
Denomination: semis
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Head of Tiberius, bare, left. (obverse); Front elevation of the Altar of Lyons, decorated with the corona civica between two laurels, these being flanked by nude male figures; to left and right, Victories on columns, facing one another. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Roman Empire Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Empire
Authority: Ruler: Augustus (Octavian)
Cultures/periods: Roman Imperial
Production date: 11
Production place: Minted in: Lugdunum (historic)
Materials: copper alloy
Dimensions: Die-axis: 10 o'clock; Weight: 4.45 grammes
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Curator's comments: The altar depicted is that set up as the central point of the "Concilium Galliarum" and is likely to have been dedicated by Augustus on 1 August 10 BC, (the same day of the birth in that city of the future emperor Claudius). The initial series of aes bearing a representation of the Altar extended over the following three or four years. The 'Altar II' series, including issues in the name of the imperial heir Tiberius, was instituted about AD 9 and continued to the end of the reign.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (578, p.95); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (243, p.58)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; religious object; allegory/personification; symbol; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Tiberius; Named in inscription: Augustus (Octavian); Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Altar of Rome and Augustus
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: R.6288
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (95) (578)

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