Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Tiberius

Art Institute of Chicago

Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Tiberius

Roman

Date
14-37
Medium
Gold
Culture
Roman Empire
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

Livia, the wife of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) and the mother of Tiberius, was not portrayed or named on any coins minted by her husband or by her son, though she is thought to appear here in the role of Pax ("Peace"). Soon, however, the women of the imperial families would become as prominent on coinage as they were in the imperial court.

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