Quadrans - Tiberius ROM ET AVG; altar of Gauls

Features

Issuer	Roman Empire (Rome)
Emperor	Tiberius (Tiberius Claudius Nero) (14-37)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	14-21
Value	1 Quadrans = ¼ As = 1⁄64 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	3.9 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 247279
References	RIC I# 32, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert A. G. Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. OCRE# ric.1(2).tib.32 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Tiberius, right, bare.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS

Translation:
Tiberius Caesar Divi Augusti Filius Augustus.
Tiberius Caesar, son of divine Augustus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Altar of the three Gauls in Lugdunum, flanked by Victory holding wreath on column on each side, front decorated with corona civica flanked by nude male on each side.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ROM ET AVG

Translation:
Romae et Augusto.
To Rome and the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

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Numista Rarity index: 93

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