Obv. TI CAESAR AVGVST - F IMPERAT VII, laureate head right.
Rev. ROM ET AVG below front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum.
Copper, 5.14 g, 18.5 mm. NZ-300313. RIC 246 (Aug); Cohen 38.
Grade: VF, green patina.
The bronze money minted in Lugdunum played an important role in the monetary policy of Tiberius. The successor of Augustus, who legitimized his power by presenting himself as a continuator of the work of his predecessor, decided to maintain the Augustinian issues in Lugdunum, stamping on the reverse the traditional drawing of the altar of Roma and Augustus located in that city. The dating of Tiberius' Lugdunian bronze coins is problematic. The mint functioned for only a few years, presumably until 21. There is a view according to which the emperor, after the revolt of Florus and Sacrovirus, in order to suppress all symptoms of nationalism, stopped minting bronze coins with the local Lugdunum motif.
