The John Bargrave Collection
CANCA-B163-2-3-67-RE
Metal Type:copper
Issuing Authority:
Tiberius (16 Nov 42 BC-16 Mar 37 AD)
Weight:9.57 g
Diameter:25.84 mm
Mint:Rome (Settlement)
Date:
15 CE - 16 CE
Denomination: as
Obverse Image Description:Head of Augustus radiate left, with a star above. Thunderbolt in left field.
Obverse Inscription:[DIV]VS AVGVSTVS PATER
Reverse Image Description:Livia (?) seated right, holding a sceptre in left hand and a patera in right hand. Feet resting on a stool.
Reverse Inscription:S C
Attached People:
Tiberius (16 Nov 42 BC-16 Mar 37 AD) - Authority - ancient
John Bargrave (1610-1680) - Collector
Bibliographic Source(s):
The Roman Imperial Coinage: Volume I (Re..., page: 99, no. 72, Pl. 12., notes:
Catalogue References
Li Ms E16b
No 13 14 ........................................................ 6 : 6
Augustus Head
Bargrave
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER.
Rev: Vesta sitting upon a seat in her
right Hand a Patera. in her left (Occo says
p. 40 a sort of spear.
Bargrave See Entry in Catalog Li Ms E16c 67 Head of Augustus over it a
Star
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER
Reverse. The Medallists say
Vesta upon a Seat, in her
Right Hand a Patera in her
Left a Spear
Bargrave
But wherever they call a Figure
Vesta, the following Lives of
Ovid should be considered
Esse diu stultus Vestæae simulacra putavi:
Mox didici curvo nulla subesse Tholo:
Ignis inexstinctus Templo celatur in illo.
eEffigiem nullam Vesta nec Ignis habenthabet. oOvid Fast: Lib: 6. v. 295
See Entry in Catalogue Li Ms E16d 67 No.72 Head of Augustus over it a
star
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER.
Reverse Occo says
Vesta sitting upon a seat in
her Right Hand a Patera in
her Left a sort of spear.
Bargrave 6 : 3¾
See Entry in Catalogue
Li Ms E16b
No 13 14 ........................................................ 6 : 6
Augustus Head
Bargrave
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER.
Rev: Vesta sitting upon a seat in her
right Hand a Patera. in her left (Occo says
p. 40 a sort of spear.
Bargrave See Entry in Catalog Li Ms E16c 67 Head of Augustus over it a
Star
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER
Reverse. The Medallists say
Vesta upon a Seat, in her
Right Hand a Patera in her
Left a Spear
Bargrave
But wherever they call a Figure
Vesta, the following Lives of
Ovid should be considered
Esse diu stultus Vestæae simulacra putavi:
Mox didici curvo nulla subesse Tholo:
Ignis inexstinctus Templo celatur in illo.
eEffigiem nullam Vesta nec Ignis habenthabet. oOvid Fast: Lib: 6. v. 295
See Entry in Catalogue Li Ms E16d 67 No.72 Head of Augustus over it a
star
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER.
Reverse Occo says
Vesta sitting upon a seat in
her Right Hand a Patera in
her Left a sort of spear.
Bargrave 6 : 3¾
See Entry in Catalogue