120, Lot: 41. Estimate $500. Sold for $907. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TIBERIUS. 14-37 AD. Æ Dupondius (30mm, 22.92 g). Rome mint. Struck circa 16-22 AD. Laureate head left / MODERATIONI, small bust of Tiberius within laurel wreath; all in the center of a large shield with palmettes and raised petals. RIC I 39; BMCRE 90; Cohen 5. VF, brown patina, very light roughness. Struck on a hevy flan.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.

The dating of this rare As and its counterpart with the reverse "CLEMENTIAE" is still much debated. The authors of RIC date the issue to 16-22 AD while the authors of the BN Catalog date it to 34-37 AD, following Gesche, JNG 1971, and Biasoli, QT 1977.