Figure 136

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Coin from Laodikeia ad Lycum, Phrygia. Tiberius AE 19 of AD 43–37. Obv.: Magistrate Dioskourides with inscription ΣEBA-ΣTOΣ. Rev.: Inscription ΔIOΣKOYΡIΔHΣ TO ΔEYTEΡON ΛAOΔIKEΩN, Zeus standing holding an eagle and scepter (RPC 1.2911 = BMC 143–144 = IGLAM 6263 = SNG Cop. 549 = Imhoof KM 118).

Figure 111

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Coin issued in Bilbilis (Calatayud), Hispania (Spain), under Tiberius. Lucius Aelius Sejanus was the praetorian prefect under Tiberius from AD 15–31 but following a failed conspiracy to overthrow emperor Tiberius in AD 31 his name was removed (damnatio memoriae). Obv: (TI CAESAR D)IVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS. Laureate head of Tiberius. Rev: MV (ligate) AV(ligate)GVSTA BILBILIS [TI CÆSARE V L ÆLIO SEIANO] (Lucius Aelius Sejanus). The words Caesar L. Aelio Seiano are obliterated. Laurel wreath around COS. (SNG Cop. 620; RPC 1.398).

Figure 97

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A bronze Sestertius coin struck in Rome in AD 22–23. Obv.: CIVITATIBVS ASIAE RESTITVTIS “Cities of Asia restored.” Depicts Tiberius (r. 14–37 AD) with laureate and toga, seated on a curule chair, his feet on a stool, holding a patera in his right hand and long scepter (hasta pura) in his left. (RIC 1.48).