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ROMAN EMPIRE - Tiberius Cæsar Divi Augusti Filius Augustus August 19, 14 - March 16, 37 TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS. Laureate head of the emperor. R/. PONTIFICATE MAXIM. Livia, Tiberius' mother, in the guise of Peace is seated at right, holding a long scepter and olive branch. ♦ Calico 305; RIC 29; Cohen 15 Aureus struck at Lugdunum (Lyon) in 14-17. (7,81 g) Trace of mounting. Dents on the edge. T.B. Tiberius, son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia, was born on November 16, 42 BC. His father, Caesar's lieutenant in the Alexandrian War (48-47 BC), later rallied to Antony. Octavian kidnapped Livia, Tiberius' mother, and married her in 38 BC, when she was pregnant by Nero Drusus. To further complicate the Julio-Claudian family tree, Tiberius had to divorce Vipsania to marry Augustus' daughter Julie, Agrippa's widow (12 BC). After choosing him as heir, Augustus preferred his grandsons, and Tiberius went into exile in Rhodes. After an attempted plot by Julie, Tiberius divorced her and never saw her again. In 4, Augustus adopted Tiberius, who succeeded him in 14. His reign lasted 23 years. Germanicus, whom he disliked, died in 19, and in 23 he lost his son Drusus, murdered by his wife Livilla, with the help of her lover, the Prefect of the Pretorium, Sejan, who remained in power until 31. Denounced for his crimes by his sister-in-law, Antonia, Sejan was executed. Tiberius, who had retired to Capri in 27, died, possibly murdered, in 37, and was succeeded by his grand-nephew Caligula, great-grandson of Augustus.
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ROMAN EMPIRE - Tiberius Cæsar Divi Augusti Filius Augustus August 19, 14 - March 16, 37 TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS. Laureate head of the emperor. R/. PONTIFICATE MAXIM. Livia, Tiberius' mother, in the guise of Peace is seated at right, holding a long scepter and olive branch. ♦ Calico 305; RIC 29; Cohen 15 Aureus struck at Lugdunum (Lyon) in 14-17. (7,81 g) Trace of mounting. Dents on the edge. T.B. Tiberius, son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia, was born on November 16, 42 BC. His father, Caesar's lieutenant in the Alexandrian War (48-47 BC), later rallied to Antony. Octavian kidnapped Livia, Tiberius' mother, and married her in 38 BC, when she was pregnant by Nero Drusus. To further complicate the Julio-Claudian family tree, Tiberius had to divorce Vipsania to marry Augustus' daughter Julie, Agrippa's widow (12 BC). After choosing him as heir, Augustus preferred his grandsons, and Tiberius went into exile in Rhodes. After an attempted plot by Julie, Tiberius divorced her and never saw her again. In 4, Augustus adopted Tiberius, who succeeded him in 14. His reign lasted 23 years. Germanicus, whom he disliked, died in 19, and in 23 he lost his son Drusus, murdered by his wife Livilla, with the help of her lover, the Prefect of the Pretorium, Sejan, who remained in power until 31. Denounced for his crimes by his sister-in-law, Antonia, Sejan was executed. Tiberius, who had retired to Capri in 27, died, possibly murdered, in 37, and was succeeded by his grand-nephew Caligula, great-grandson of Augustus.
