Livia, wife of Augustus, Orichalcum Dupondius, 14.1 gms., mint of Rome, struck under Tiberius for his son Drusus, c.AD 22/3, veiled and diademed bust of Livia right, PIETAS below, rev. DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVGVSTI F TR POT ITER around large SC (RIC (Tiberius) 43; BMC (Tiberius) 98), a couple of corrosion patches on the reverse, otherwise almost extremely fine, in the finest classical revival style of the early principate and on an impressive medallic planchet

Details
Livia, wife of Augustus, Orichalcum Dupondius, 14.1 gms., mint of Rome, struck under Tiberius for his son Drusus, c.AD 22/3, veiled and diademed bust of Livia right, PIETAS below, rev. DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVGVSTI F TR POT ITER around large SC (RIC (Tiberius) 43; BMC (Tiberius) 98), a couple of corrosion patches on the reverse, otherwise almost extremely fine, in the finest classical revival style of the early principate and on an impressive medallic planchet
Provenance
NFA XII, lot 170