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Livia, wife of Augustus mother of Tiberius and grandmother of Claudius. According to Suetonius, she poisoned Caius and Lucius as well as Augustus himself, in order to ensure the accession of Tiberius.
RIC 43
Sear5 #1741
(Example)
RIC 43v
Livia AE Dupondius. Issued under Tiberius, 22-23 AD. PIETAS behind veiled and diademed bust of Livia as Pietas right / DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVGVSTI F TR POT ITER around large SC. RIC 43 var (position of obv. legend).
RIC 46
Sear5 #1739
(Example)
RIC 47
Sear5 #1740
(Example)
RIC 50
Livia AE Sestertius. Struck under Tiberius. SPQR IVLIAE AVGVST, in two lines in two lines above ornamented carpentum being drawn by two mules / TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST PM TR POT XXIIII around large SC. Cohen 6.
RIC 51
Sear5 #1738
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RIC 406 [titus]
Livia, AE Dupondius. 12.89g, 28mm. Restoration issue under Titus. Rome, AD 80-81. IVSTITIA, draped bust of Livia as Justitia right, wearing stephane / IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M, TR P P P COS VIII RESTITVIT in two lines around large SC. RIC 406; Sear 3587.
RIC 424[titus]
Livia, commemorative coinage by Titus (79-81 AD). AE Dupondius, Rome, 80-81 AD. 27mm, 13.31 gr. IVSTITIA, draped bust of Livia as Justitia right, wearing stephane / IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST, around large SC. Cohen 9, RIC II 424 (Titus), BMC 289 (Titus), Komnick 15.
Buttrey 13, 3
Livia, AE tessera. Struck under Tiberius. Head of Livia left, hair with light waves and tied in small knot in back, within circle only / III within border and wreath. Buttrey 13, 3; Cohen -; Belfort -.
Augusta
SNG Lev 1246
Livia AE19 of Cilicia, Augusta. 14-37 AD. Draped bust of Livia right / AYΓOYCTANΩN ETOYΣ ZΠ, helmeted head of Athena right, with aegis.
Romula
RPC 73
Divus Augustus and Livia, AE32 Dupondius of Colonia Romula, Spain. 23.44 gr. Struck after AD 16. DIVI AVG COL ROM PERM, Radiate head of Divus Augustus right; six-rayed star above, thunderbolt to right / IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, Head of Livia left, set on globe, crescent above. RPC 73; Sear (1988) 551; Vives pl. CLXVII, 2; Burgos 1587; SNG Cop. 421.
Oea
RPC 833
Livia, AE26 of Oea, Syrtica, 14-29. 9.33 g. Draped bust right; grain ear behind head, peacock standing right before head / Helmeted bust of Minerva left, wearing aegis; Neo-Punic WY'T in left field. RPC 833; Mueller 35; SNG Cop 34; RPC I 833.
Oea
RPC 835
Livia, AE26 of Oea, Syrtica. 7.55 g. No legend, draped bust of Livia right. / Punic legend WY'T, helmeted head of Athena left, wearing aegis on chest. RPC I, 835; SNG Cop 33. ANS 1944.100.79598.
Corinth
RPC 1153
Livia AE As of Corinth. Struck 32-33 AD. L Arrius Peregrinus and L Furius Labeo, duovirs. Diademed, draped bust right / L FVRIO LABEONE around, COR below, Hexastyle temple inscribed GENT IVLI. RPC 1153; Amandry 169-173.
Corinth
RPC 1153
Livia AE20 As of Corinth. Struck 32-33 AD. L Arrius Peregrinus and L Furius Labeo, duovirs. Diademed, draped bust right / L FVRIO LABEONE around, COR below, Hexastyle temple inscribed GENT IVLI. RPC 1153; Amandry 169-173.
Thessaly Koinon
RPC 1431
Livia, AE25 of Koinon of Thessaly. Struck under Tiberius. AD 14-37. 13.71 g. Magistrate Lykoutos. ΣEBAΣTHΩN ΘEΣΣAΛΩN, female figure (Livia?) seated right, holding laurel branch and sceptre / ΣTΡATHΓOY ΛYKOYTOY, Demeter standing facing, head left, holding grain ears and long torch; V on inverted W on A monogram in left field. RPC 1431; Burrer 22.2 (this coin); Rogers 74; Mionnet Supp. III, 65.
Thessaly
Koinon
RPC 1434
Livia, AE24 of the Koinon of Thessaly. ΣEBAΣTHΩN THEΣΣAΛΩN, diademed veiled bust of Livia left / ΣTΡATHΓOY ANTIΓONOY, the nymph Larissa standing facing, right hand raised (holding globe?), monogram to left. RPC 1434.
Thessaly
Koinon
RPC 1434, right
Livia, AE23 3-Assaria of Koinon of Thessaly. Struck under Claudius. 11.78 g. Magistrate Antigonos. ΘEΣΣAΛΩN ΣEBAΣTHΩN, veiled female head (Livia?) right, wearing stephane / ΣTΡATHΓOY ANTIΓONOY, the nymph Larissa standing left, holding ball in her right hand; monogram to left. Burrer Em. 1, Series 2, 27.3 (this coin); BCD Thessaly II 924.1; RPC 1434.
Thessaly
Koinon
RPC 1438
Livia(?), AE17 Assaria of Koinon of Thessaly. Struck under Claudius. 4.05 g. Magistrate Antigonos. ΘEΣΣAΛΩN, draped bust right (Livia or Apollo?) / ANTIΓONOY ΣTΡATHΓ, Artemis Ennodia running right, holding torch in each hand; monogram to right. BCD Thessaly II 928; RPC 1438.
Dium
RPC 1543
Livia AE23 of Macedonia, Dium or Pella. Veiled bust right, PIETAS below / L RVSTI CELLVS CORDVS III VIR QVINC DD in six lines.
Thessalonica
RPC 1563
Livia, AE17 of Thessalonica, Macedonia. 3.67 g. ΘEOY ΛIBIA, diademed and draped bust right / ΘEΣΣAΛONIK, horse leaping right. RPC 1563; Touratsoglu 89-90.
Byzantium
RPC 1779B (Supp. IV)
Livia, AE18 of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 14�29. 5.75 g. IOVΛIA ΣEBAΣTA, draped bust right. / EΠI AΓAΛΛEΩΣ HΡOXENOY, three grain ears. RPC 1779B (Supp. IV); SNG Verona 719; Mus. Verona 75358.
Phanagoria
RPC 1935
Livia (?), AE20 of Agrippia (Phanagoria), Thrace, Draped and veiled bust of Livia as Aphrodite Apatura right. / AΓΡIΠΠEΩN, Prow left, H in right field, three dots below. RPC I, 1935; BMC 1-3; SNG Cop 7-8; Paris 39-40.
Pantikapaion
RPC 1936
Livia, AE of Pantikapaion as Caesareia, Bosporos. 8.55 g. Draped and veiled bust of Livia as Aphrodite Apatura right, wearing kalathos / KAIΣAΡEΩN, sceptre with flower, H in right field. RPC 1936; MacDonald 274; SNG Cop. 9 (Phanagoreia).
Pergamum
RPC 2359
Livia and Julia (wife and daughter of Augustus) AE19 of Mysia, Pergamum. Ca 10-2 BC, magistrate Charinos. ΛIBIAN HΡAN XAΡINOΣ, draped bust of Livia, as Hera, right / IOYΛIAN AΦΡOΔITHN, draped bust of Julia, as Aphrodite, right. BMC 248, SNGCop 464.
Magnesia ad Sipylum
RPC 2452
Livia, AE16, 3.91 gr of Magnesia ad Sipylum, Lydia. After 17 AD. CEBACTHN MAΓNHTEC AΠO C, draped bust of Livia right / ΘEON CYNKΛHTON, draped bust of Senate right. RPC 2452; GRPC Lydia 94-95.
Magnesia
ad Sipylum
RPC 2452C
Livia AE16 of Magnesia ad Sipylum, Lydia. 17-37 BC. 2.76 gr. CEBACTHN MAΓNHTEC AΠ CI, draped bust of Livia right / ΘEON CYNKΛHTON, bare head of the Senate right. RPC I 2452C; Paris 655; Waddington 5077; Imhoof LS 3; GRPC Lydia 96.
Magnesia
ad Sipylum
RPC 2453
Livia, AE18 of Magnesia ad Sipylum, Lydia. 3.07 g. Struck under Tiberius, AD 14-37. ΘEAN CEBACTHN, draped bust of Livia right / CYNKΛHTON MAΓNHTEC AΠO C, draped bust of the Senate right. RPC I 2453; BMC 48; Paris 652; SNG Munich 256; GRPC Lydia 97.
Smyrna
RPC 2469
Livia AE 22mm of Smyrna, Ionia. P. Petronius, proconsul and Hieronymus, strategus. Struck 29-35 AD. ΣEBAΣTH ΣYNKΛHTOY ΣMYΡNAIΩN IEΡΩNYMOY, Diademed and draped bust of Senate right facing draped bust of Livia) left, in stephane / ΣEBAΣTOΣ TIBEΡIOΣ EΠI ΠETΡΩNIOY, tetrastyle temple with statue of Tiberius as pontifex standing facing within.
Mysomacedones
RPC Supp 1, 2568
Livia, AE16 of Mysomacedones, Lydia. AD 14-29. CEBACTH, Livia seated right on throne, holding sceptre and branch / MYCOMAKEΔON-ΩN, cult image of Artemis Ephesia facing. RPC I Supp. 2568.3 (this coin); Leschhorn, Mysomakedones, 56; RPC 2568; G�kyildirim Istanbul 291; Vienna 36903; Plankenhorn 1127(this coin); GRPC Lydia 2(this coin).
Ephesos
RPC 2576
Livia, AE17 of Ephesos, Ionia. Magistrate Aristeas Asklepiades. 2.93 gr. AD 14-29. No legend, draped bust of Livia right, hair in a bun / EΦE ΓΡAMMATEYΣ AΡIΣTEAΣ AΣKΛHΠI-AΔHΣ in five lines across fields and in exergue, Stag standing right. RPC I 2576; SNG Cop 367.
Ephesos
RPC 2580
Livia, AE15 of Ephesos, Ionia. Magistrate Aristeas Metrobeis. 3.99 gr. AD 14-29. No legend, draped bust right, hair in a bun / EΦE ΓΡAMMATEYΣ AΡIΣTEAΣ MHTΡOB-EIΣ in five lines across fields and in exergue, Stag standing right. RPC 2580; SNG Cop 368; Imhoof GM 282A.
Tralles
RPC 2641
Livia, AE19 of Tralles, Lydia. 23 BC - AD 14. Magistrate Nikomedes. KAIΣAΡEΩN, veiled bust right / NIKOMHΔHΣ, laureate head of Zeus right. RPC I 2641; BMC 82-BMC 83; Vienna 36784; Mionnet Supp. VII, 668; Paris 1580; GRPC Lydia 147.
Magnesia ad
Maeandrum
RPC 2699
Livia, AE15 of Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Ionia. AD 14-29. 3.39 g. IOYΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right. / MAΓNHTΩN, cult image of Artemis Leukophrys facing with supports, a Nike to left and right of her head. ΡXA monogram in upper right field. RPC I 2699; Schultz Magnesia 26; SNG Turkey 10, 197.
Keramos
RPC 2773C
Livia, AE20 of Keramos, Caria. 31 BC-AD 14. 6.16 g. ΣEBA, draped bust right. / IEΡO ΓENH KEΡA, youthful male head right, with long hair. RPC 2773C; T�rkoglu D01.
Apollonia Salbace
RPC 2865
Livia. AE16 of Apollonia Salbace, Caria. AD 14-29. 3.63 g. Magistrate Kallipppos Artemidoros. ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust right / KAΛΛIΠΠOΣ AΡTEMIΔΩΡOY AΠOΛΛΩNIATΩN, Dionysos, wearing short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. RPC 2865; SNG von Aulock 2488; BMC 20; SNG Cop 146.
Tripolis Lydia
RPC 3053
Livia, AE16 of Tripolis, Lydia. Magistrate Hieratikos. AD 14-29. ΣEBAΣTH (anti-clockwise from lower right or upper left), draped bust left. IEΡATIKOΣ TΡIΠOΛEITΩN club. RPC I 3053; Paris 1809; Waddington 2679; Leypold I, 1338; Mionnet III (Caria) 519; SNG Munich 810; Mionnet Suppl. VI (Caria), 576; SNG Cop 741-742; Vienna 30094 and 30447; GRPC Lydia 90-91.
Eumeneia
RPC 3143
Livia AE14 of Eumeneia, Phrygia. Kastoris Soteira. HΡA ΛEIBIA, draped bust right with hair in bound plait behind neck / EYM-ENEΩN-KAΣTOΡIΣ-ΣΩTIΡA in four lines within wreath. RPC I 3143; Paris 1988.215; BM 1991-1-30-68; Imhoof GRM 1.
Eumeneia
RPC 3148
Livia, AE of Eumeneia, Phrygien. 3.59 g. ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust left / KΛEΩN-AΓAΠH-TOΣ-EYMENE-ΩN in five lines within wreath. RPC 3148; BMC 38; Paris 1115; Waddington 6028; SNG Cop 392; Imhoof MG 103.
Eucarpeia
RPC 3160
Livia, AE of Eukarpeia, Phrygia. after 14 AD. 2.76 g. ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust right / EYKAΡ ΠITIKOY AΠΦIA IEΡHA in four lines within lined border, all within dotted border. RPC 3160; BMC 14.
Cotiaeum
RPC I 3219A
Livia AE17 of Cotiaeum, Phrygia. AD 26-28. Magistrate Pedonos. ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust of Livia right. / EΠI ΠEΔΩNOΣ KOTIAEΩN, Kybele seated left, holding patera and resting left arm on drum, lion at her side. RPC I 3219A; Eme� 603.
Augusta
Cilicia
RPC 4007
Livia, AE16 of Augusta, Cilicia; 14-29 AD. 2,94 gr. No legend, draped bust right / AYΓOYΣTANΩN, capricorn right with globe between forelegs, star above. RPC 4007; SNG Cop 69; BMC 1.
RPC 4009v
Livia AE 19 of Cilicia, Augusta. 123�124 AD. IOYΛIA ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust of Livia right / AYΓOYCTA CTA�NΩ�N, Tyche seated right in turreted crown, holding two stalks of grain in right hand, river god wading at feet, Date ΔΡ (Year 104) before. BMC 3v.
Augusta
RPC 4011
Livia, AE17 of Augusta, Cilicia. 14-37 AD. 2.6g. Draped bust of Livia right, with hair in a knot and stephane / AYΓOYΣTANΩN, helmeted and draped bust of Athena right. Karbach 1990 37,1; RPC I 4011; Ziegler 860.
Mallos
RPC 4016
Livia, AE20 of Mallos, Cilicia. 27 BC-AD 14. No legend, draped bust of Livia (?) left, hair in a bun. / MAΛΛΩTΩN, facing cult figure of Athena Magarsis, holding spear and serpent. Star in upper left and right fields. RPC I, 4016; SNG von Aulock 5723; SNG Levante 1265; SNG Turkey Antakya 18148.
Caesarea Paneas
RPC 4952
Livia, AE16 of Caesarea Paneas, struck by Herod Philip, Tetrarch of Batanea, 4 BC-AD 34 AD. IOYΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust of Livia right / KAΡΠOΦOΡOCC ("fruit-bearing"), hand holding three stalks of grain, L Λ-Δ (year 34) across fields. Hendin 1233; RPC 4952, RPC 4949; Hendin 540.
Alexandria
RPC 5027
Livia, AE23 diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 14-29. AE Diobol, 23mm, 9.87 g. Bare head right / Filleted double cornucopiae. RPC 5027; Milne 15; BMC 2637; Koeln 36, Dattari 72, Emmett 52; Sear 1743.
Alexandria
RPC 5058
Sear5 1746
Livia AE23 Diobol of Alexandria. Dated Year 40, AD 10-11 AD. Draped bust right / LM in oak wreath. RPC 5058; BMC 32; SGI 209, Milne 26cf; Sear 1746.
RPC 5064
Livia AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated Year 41. 23.6 mm, 8.7 g. No legend, draped bust right / LMA in oak wreath. RPC 5064; Dattari 67; BMC 33.
Alexandria
RPC 5072
Livia, AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated Year 42 = AD 12-13. 25 mm, 8.65 g. No legend, draped bust right. / Date L-MB to left and right of Athena standing left, holding Nike and resting left hand on shield. RPC 5072; Milne 32; Emmett 53.
Alexandria
RPC 5079
Livia, AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. 14-29 AD. Head of Livia right / Bundle of two grain ears and two poppies; date L-Δ across field. RPC 5079; Dattari 104-5; Milne -.
Augusta
SGI 207
Livia AE18 of Augusta, Cilicia. Draped bust right / AYΓOYCTANΩN, Capricorn right carrying globe, star above. Karbach 12; Sear Greece 207.
Augusta
SNG Lev 1238
Livia AE20 of Augusta, Cilicia. Struck under Hadrian, AD 123-124. IOYΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right / AYΓOYCTANHN ΔΡ, Tyche seated right, holding corn-ears, river-god swimming below. RPC III, 3319A; SNG Lev 1238; Ziegler 857.
Uncertain
Livia AE24, unclear mint, Thrace ?. Bust of Livia (?) right / two female deities standing to left and right of altar (?).
Coins and Livia by Barbara McManus (Co-Director, The VRoma Project)
Coins of Livia at the Forum Ancient Coins
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