Obverse: Laureate head of Augustus facing right. Reverse: Bare head of Tiberius facing right.

Augustus, Rome's first emperor, had by this late issue ruled for over four decades and held the title *pater patriae* since 2 BC, the formal acknowledgment of his paternal role over the state.

Tiberius, Augustus's stepson and adopted heir, is shown here in his fifteenth year of tribunician power, the constitutional authority that marked him as the designated successor on the eve of Augustus's death.

Obverse legend: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIE, "Caesar Augustus, son of the deified one, father of the fatherland." DIVI F abbreviates *divi filius*, referring to his adoptive father Julius Caesar, who had been deified after his assassination.

Reverse legend: TI CAESAR AVG TR POT XV, "Tiberius Caesar Augustus, holding tribunician power for the fifteenth time." TR POT abbreviates *tribunicia potestas*, the annually renewed tribunician power that served as a key marker of imperial authority.

Lightly toned with faint hairlines and porosity. Soft strike in areas with die break on obverse. Slightly off center on reverse.


1/15/25	$3,750	VF	CNG	— 0%
4/21/21	$600	F	CNG	▼ −7%
1/14/20	$14,000	XF	CNG	▼ −12%

Denarius of AugustusRIC I 226

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