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LOT 2635

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208


Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Tiberius - 'Tribute Penny' Denarius After 16 A.D.

Lugdunum mint. Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG AVGVSTVS legend with laureate head right. Rev: PONTIF MAXIM legend with Livia, as Pax, seated right on throne, holding long sceptre and olive branch, chair legs ornamented, single line below. 3.44 grams.

Very fine.

PROVENANCE:
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.

LITERATURE:
RIC 26; BMC 34; RSC 16; Sear 1763.

FOOTNOTES:
This is the coin type traditionally believed to have been shown to Jesus in the temple, referred to in the Christian new testament, and about which Jesus said 'Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's' (see Mark 12:17, Matthew 22:12 and Luke 20:25).

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