Italica in Hispania, 19-23 AD., Drusus Julius Caesar, Semis, RPC 71.
Italica in Hispania Baetica (today Santiponce (Sevilla)), Drusus Julius Caesar (Drusus minor), struck 19-23 AD.,
Semis (ø 22-23 mm / 5,82 g), bronze, axis irregular alignment ↑↙ (ca. 220°),
Obv.: DRVSVS CAE[SAR TI AVG F] , bare head of Drusus minor right - Cabeza desnuda de Druso a derecha.
Rev.: [M]VNIC - ITA[LIC / PE-R / AV-G] , aquila (legionary eagle) and vexillum between two signa - Dos estandartes flanqueando aquila y vexillum ; en campo PE-R / AV-G.
RPC I, no. 71 (70 pieces listed) ; ACIP 3340 ; SNG Cop. 419 ; V. 168.3 ; Burgos (ABH)1596 .
The city of Italica (north of modern day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War. The name Italica bound the colonia to their Italian origins. At Augustus´and Tiberius´reign the city was already a municipium civium romanorum. Italica was the birthplace of Roman Emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Marcus Ulpius Trajan was born in the city in 53AD as was his successor, Aelius Hadrian in 76AD. Hadrian was generous to his home town, which he made a colonia. The city's Roman population at the time is estimated to have been only 80000.
Drusus Minor was son of Tiberius and Vipsania Agrippina. He was the son of Emperor Tiberius, and heir to the Roman Empire following the death of his adoptive brother Germanicus in 19 AD.
He was born at Rome to a prominent branch of the gens Claudia, the son of Tiberius and his first wife, Vipsania Agrippina. His name at birth was Nero Claudius Drusus after his paternal uncle, Drusus the Elder. In AD 4, he assumed the name Julius Caesar following his father's adoption into the Julii by Augustus, and became Drusus Julius Caesar.
Drusus first entered politics with the office of quaestor in AD 10. His political career mirrored that of Germanicus, and he assumed all his offices at the same age as him. Following the model of Augustus, it was intended that the two would rule together. They were both popular, and many dedications have been found in their honor across Roman Italy. Cassius Dio calls him "Castor" in his Roman History, likening Drusus and Germanicus to the twins, Castor and Pollux, of Roman mythology.[2][3]
Drusus died suddenly 14 September 23, seemingly from natural causes. Ancient historians, such as Tacitus and Suetonius, claim he died amid a feud with the powerful Sejanus, Praetorian prefect of Rome. They allege that he had been murdered. In their account, Sejanus had seduced his wife Livilla, and with the help of a doctor she had poisoned Drusus. Despite the rumors, Tiberius did not suspect Sejanus and the two remained friends until Sejanus' fall from grace in 31.
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![Italica in Hispania, 19-23 AD., Drusus Julius Caesar, Semis, RPC 71.
Italica in Hispania Baetica (today Santiponce (Sevilla)), Drusus Julius Caesar (Drusus minor), struck 19-23 AD.,
Semis (ø 22-23 mm / 5,82 g), bronze, axis irregular alignment ↑↙ (ca. 220°),
Obv.: DRVSVS CAE[SAR TI AVG F] , bare head of Drusus minor right - Cabeza desnuda de Druso a derecha.
Rev.: [M]VNIC - ITA[LIC / PE-R / AV-G] , aquila (legionary eagle) and vexillum between two signa - Dos estandartes flanqueando aquila y vexillum ; en campo PE-R / AV-G.
RPC I, no. 71 (70 pieces listed) ; ACIP 3340 ; SNG Cop. 419 ; V. 168.3 ; Burgos (ABH)1596 .
The city of Italica (north of modern day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War. The name Italica bound the colonia to their Italian origins. At Augustus´and Tiberius´reign the city was already a municipium civium romanorum. Italica was the birthplace of Roman Emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Marcus Ulpius Trajan was born in the city in 53AD as was his successor, Aelius Hadrian in 76AD. Hadrian was generous to his home town, which he made a colonia. The city's Roman population at the time is estimated to have been only 80000.
Drusus Minor was son of Tiberius and Vipsania Agrippina. He was the son of Emperor Tiberius, and heir to the Roman Empire following the death of his adoptive brother Germanicus in 19 AD.
He was born at Rome to a prominent branch of the gens Claudia, the son of Tiberius and his first wife, Vipsania Agrippina. His name at birth was Nero Claudius Drusus after his paternal uncle, Drusus the Elder. In AD 4, he assumed the name Julius Caesar following his father's adoption into the Julii by Augustus, and became Drusus Julius Caesar.
Drusus first entered politics with the office of quaestor in AD 10. His political career mirrored that of Germanicus, and he assumed all his offices at the same age as him. Following the model of Augustus, it was intended that the two would rule together. They were both popular, and many dedications have been found in their honor across Roman Italy. Cassius Dio calls him "Castor" in his Roman History, likening Drusus and Germanicus to the twins, Castor and Pollux, of Roman mythology.[2][3]
Drusus died suddenly 14 September 23, seemingly from natural causes. Ancient historians, such as Tacitus and Suetonius, claim he died amid a feud with the powerful Sejanus, Praetorian prefect of Rome. They allege that he had been murdered. In their account, Sejanus had seduced his wife Livilla, and with the help of a doctor she had poisoned Drusus. Despite the rumors, Tiberius did not suspect Sejanus and the two remained friends until Sejanus' fall from grace in 31.
More on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drusus_Julius_Caesar
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Italica in Hispania, 19-23 AD., Drusus Julius Caesar, Semis, RPC 71.
Italica in Hispania Baetica (today Santiponce (Sevilla)), Drusus Julius Caesar (Drusus minor), struck 19-23 AD.,
Semis (ø 22-23 mm / 5,82 g), bronze, axis irregular alignment ↑↙ (ca. 220°),
Obv.: DRVSVS CAE[SAR TI AVG F] , bare head of Drusus minor right - Cabeza desnuda de Druso a derecha.
Rev.: [M]VNIC - ITA[LIC / PE-R / AV-G] , aquila (legionary eagle) and vexillum between two signa - Dos estandartes flanqueando aquila y vexillum ; en campo PE-R / AV-G.
RPC I, no. 71 (70 pieces listed) ; ACIP 3340 ; SNG Cop. 419 ; V. 168.3 ; Burgos (ABH)1596 .
The city of Italica (north of modern day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War. The name Italica bound the colonia to their Italian origins. At Augustus´and Tiberius´reign the city was already a municipium civium romanorum. Italica was the birthplace of Roman Emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Marcus Ulpius Trajan was born in the city in 53AD as was his successor, Aelius Hadrian in 76AD. Hadrian was generous to his home town, which he made a colonia. The city's Roman population at the time is estimated to have been only 80000.
Drusus Minor was son of Tiberius and Vipsania Agrippina. He was the son of Emperor Tiberius, and heir to the Roman Empire following the death of his adoptive brother Germanicus in 19 AD.
He was born at Rome to a prominent branch of the gens Claudia, the son of Tiberius and his first wife, Vipsania Agrippina. His name at birth was Nero Claudius Drusus after his paternal uncle, Drusus the Elder. In AD 4, he assumed the name Julius Caesar following his father's adoption into the Julii by Augustus, and became Drusus Julius Caesar.
Drusus first entered politics with the office of quaestor in AD 10. His political career mirrored that of Germanicus, and he assumed all his offices at the same age as him. Following the model of Augustus, it was intended that the two would rule together. They were both popular, and many dedications have been found in their honor across Roman Italy. Cassius Dio calls him \"Castor\" in his Roman History, likening Drusus and Germanicus to the twins, Castor and Pollux, of Roman mythology.[2][3]
Drusus died suddenly 14 September 23, seemingly from natural causes. Ancient historians, such as Tacitus and Suetonius, claim he died amid a feud with the powerful Sejanus, Praetorian prefect of Rome. They allege that he had been murdered. In their account, Sejanus had seduced his wife Livilla, and with the help of a doctor she had poisoned Drusus. Despite the rumors, Tiberius did not suspect Sejanus and the two remained friends until Sejanus' fall from grace in 31.
More on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drusus_Julius_Caesar
Schlüsselwörter: Italica Hispania Drusus Julius Caesar Semis Baetica Santiponce aquila and vexillum signum legionary eagle")