Divus Augustus, died AD 14. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 37 mm, 27.67 g, 12 h), struck under Tiberius, Rome, 22-23. DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER Divus Augustus, radiate and draped, but with chest bare, seated left on throne, holding laurel branch in his right hand and long scepter with his left; to left, altar. Rev. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AGVST P M TR POT XXIIII around large S.C. BMC 74 (Tiberius). BN 50 (Tiberius). Cohen 309. RIC 49 (Tiberius). An attractive, clear piece with a fine green patina. About extremely fine.
Ex ACR 6, 10 December 2012, 733.
This sestertius was struck from particularly finely engraved dies. The totally epigraphic reverse is fully in the Augustan tradition, well known from the similar designs on the sestertii produced by Augustus's moneyers. As for the obverse, its engraver managed to produce a die of great elegance; other known examples from this die pair include CNG MBS 66, 2004, 1343 and NAC 72, 2013, 581.