The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. The gold aureus, weighing about one-quarter ounce, was. 1 Throughout these reforms, Augustus did not alter the coins' weight or fineness. Ryerson Reference Number 1922.4857 IIIF Manifest Augustus brought the minting of gold and silver coins, the aureus and denarius, under his personal control while it is thought he left the minting of bronze coinage under senatorial control. "Highest Pontiff" Dimensions Diam.: 2 cm (13/16 in.) Credit Line Gift of Martin A. "Tiberius Caesar, son of divine Augustus" (circa) or BCE.ġ5 CE–37 CE Medium Gold Inscriptions Obverse: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. DIVI F PATRIAE, which translates toSonof God, A Father his People and additionally employs various pagan symbols in homage to the Roman which Augustus presided over. The coin reveres Augustus as a holy man, with the obverse side referring to him as. Status Currently Off View Department Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium Culture Ancient Roman Title Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Tiberius Place Lyon (Minted in) Dateĭates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. populace, while still subtly stating his right to rule. The inscription around her, “PONTIF MAXIM”, refers to the title of Pontifex Maximus, a title held by each of the Roman Emperors and signified the religious authority held by the Roman Emperor. Livia is depicted as the Roman deity for peace, Pax. Germanicus was a favorite with soldiers, and they offered to place him at the head of the empire but he rejected. he was adopted by his uncle Tiberius in the lifetime of Augustus, and was raised at an early age to the honors of the state. The back design showing a female figure is frequently assumed to be Livia, Tiberius’s mother and Augustus’s wife of fifty-three years. Germanicus Caesar, elder son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia, was born B.C. The title helped Tiberius to advertise his inherited right to rule, as Augustus’ heir and deified first Roman Emperor. The inscription on the front of this coin, TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVTVS (“Tiberius Caesar Augustus, son of divine Augustus”), was important to marking the transition of power in the early Roman Empire. The back (reverse) possibly portrays Livia as Pax, enthroned on a chair with scepter in right hand, branch in left. The front (obverse) of this gold coin portrays the head of Emperor Tiberius to the right, laureate.
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