22-30 AD., Tiberius for Augustus, Rome mint, As, RIC 81.
Tiberius for Augustus, Rome mint, 22-30 AD.,
As (ø 26,5-27 mm / 10,20 g), copper, axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 190°),
Obv.: DIV[VS AVGVSTVS] PATER , radiate head of Augustus facing left,
Rev.: PROVIDENT / S - C , altar (Ara Providentiae Augustae) on broad foundation (Ara Providentiae Augustae), enclosure with double-panelled door.
RIC I, 99, 81 (Tiberius) (common) ; Coh. 228 ; BMC (Tiberius) 146 ; CBN (Tiberius) 131 .
The Ara Providentiae Augustae (on the Via Lata near the Ara Pacis) had been dedicated to Augustus posthoumous by the Roman senate in order to celebrate the wise foresight with which Augustus had determined Tiberius as successor.