Denarius (Primary Title)
Coin (Object Name)
Unknown (Artist)
Livia Drusilla (58 BC–AD 29) was the wife of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor. She played a prominent role in Augustan propaganda as a model wife and mother. This coin was issued by her son from her first marriage, Emperor Tiberius, who became Augustus’s heir. Her grandson, Emperor Claudius, deified her.
Gift of Mrs. William T. Thompson Jr.
BMCRE(r.)I, p. 126, 50
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