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Æ20 - Tiberius Portrait facing right, Victoria on globe
| Issuer | Corinth |
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| Year | 12-16 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Emperor Tiberius facing right, rendered in a naturalistic portrait style typical of early Imperial provincial coinage. The effigy displays the emperor's characteristic physiognomy with clearly defined facial features. The Latin magistrate legend encircles the portrait in the field, reading L RVTILIO PLANCO IIVIR, referencing the duovir responsible for the issue. The flan is irregular and the die work reflects provincial hammered technique. |
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| Obverse lettering | L RVTILIO PLANCO IIVIR |
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Corinth's status as a Roman colonia — refounded by Julius Caesar in 44 BC after a century of deliberate abandonment — gave its civic mint an unusual degree of autonomy in selecting portrait types. This issue falls within a narrow window when Tiberius was heir apparent but not yet emperor, meaning the die cutters were navigating a politically delicate moment: honoring a man of immense power without overstepping the prerogatives still nominally held by Augustus.
RPC I 1146 is known from a limited die study, with relatively few obverse dies identified across surviving specimens.