141, Lot: 185. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ As (30mm, 22.92 g). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 16-22 or 34-37. 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. VF, brown surfaces, a little porous. Struck on a heavy flan.

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.