Lot 4703

Description

Augustus, (27 B.C. - A.D. 14), AE as, posthumous issue, Rome mint, issued under Tiberius, issued A.D. 22-30, (10.35 grams), obv. radiate head of Augustus to left, DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, rev. PROVIDENT in exergue, S C across field, altar enclosure with double panelled door, (S.1789, RIC 81, BMC 146); Tiberius, (A.D. 14-37), AE AS, Rome mint, issued A.D. 10-12, (9.51 GRAMS), obv. Tiberius bare head to right, around [TI] CAESAR AV[GVST F IMP[ERAT V], rev. around [PONTIFEX TRIBVN P]OTESTATE XII, S C in centre, (S.1755, RIC 469, BMC 271); Drusus, son of Tiberius, (died A.D. 23), AE as, Rome mint, issued under Tiberius, A.D. 22-23, (9.87 grams), obv. bare head of Drusus to left, around traces of DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N, rev. PONTIF TRIBVN POTEST ITER traces around, S C across field in centre, (S.1794, RIC 45, BMC 99, C.2). Very good - fine. (3)

Ex Dr. Garth Drewry Collection, Tampa, Florida.