2.
Countermarks on Coins minted under Tiberius
Types covered in this section
are: "B", "CAG", "TIB
AVC",
"TI.CA", "CAESAR", "Cornucopia", "Hercules Head"
"B"
(imitation countermark ?) on DIVUS
AUGUSTUS
As, Raetia ? (countermark Martini
Pangerl
Collection
115)
"CAG" on
Tiberius and
Agrippa AEs, possibly from Caligula (countermarkMartini
Pangerl Collection 44)
"TIB AVC"
on Drusus Junior As (AD
22-23),
the youngest coin known to carry the Tiberius countermarks, (Vindonissa
type)
(countermark Martini
Pangerl Collection 56)
modern fake countermark
"TI*C*A*" on
ancient
low grade Divus Augustus As (countermarkMartini
Pangerl
Collection 89), for more such examples please see in the Fakes
section.
"CAESAR"
in ligature, normally on
Augustus
AEs, had been suggested to stand for Caesar Germanicus, but is more
likely
for Caligula or Tiberius himself ? From Germania Inferior. We show this
countermark below also on a Drusus Minor As, minted in 22/23 AD, making
the attribution to Germanicus very unlikely, if not impossible.
(countermark Martini
Pangerl Collection 43)
"Cornucopia"
on
Tiberius Dupondius from Commagene, Howgego 401
"Hercules Head"
to the left (countermark Martini Pangerl Collection
99), of
lower
Danube origin, on Agrippa As. These Agrippa coins may well be
attributed
to Caligula's reign. See other countermarks on Agrippa coins
under
the Caligula section,