TIBERIUS, RPC 346, Date 31-32 AD, AE Bronze Dupondius Caesaraugusta, Legio IV Legio VI Legio X

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Tiberius Iulius Caesar Augustus
Reign: Tiberius
Magistrate: Marcus Cato, Lucius Vettiacus
Mint: Caesaraugusta, Tarraconensis Hispania
Date: 31/32 AD
Nominal: Dupondius
Material: AE Bronze
Diameter: 32mm
Weight: 20.98g
Reference: RPC I 346
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Obverse: Tiberius seated on curule chair, left
Inscription: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS PONT MAX TR POT XXXIII
Translation: Tiberius Caesar Divi Augusti Filius Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Tricesima Tertia
Translation: Tiberius, Caesar, son of divine Augustus, emperor, high priest, Holder of tribunician power for the 33rd time
Reverse: Vexillum between two circular standards (radiate phalerae), each on a basis
Inscription: C C A M CATO L VETTIACVS IIVIR LEG IV LEG VI LEG X
Translation: Colonia Caesar Augusta, Marcus Cato Lucius Vettiacus Duovir, Legio IV (Macedonica), Legio VI (Hispaniensis), Legio X (Gemina)
Comment: Legio IV Macedonica was a legion of the Roman army that was formed in 48 BC by Gaius Iulius Caesar with Italian legionaries. It was disbanded by Emperor Vespasian in 70 AD. The legion's symbols were the bull and the capricorn (mythological figure: half ibex, half fish). In the summer of 44 BC, the legion was moved to Italy by Marcus Antonius. Legio IIII Macedonica joined Caesar's adopted son Octavian in 44 BC and initially fought with him on the side of the Senate in the Battle of Mutina during the Mutinian War against Marcus Antonius, then after the formation of the Second Triumvirate in 42 BC against Caesar's murderers in the Battles of Philippi. Octavian moved the legion back to Italy and deployed it in the winter of 41/40 BC in the Perusine War against Marcus Antonius' brother Lucius Antonius and finally again against Antonius in the naval battle of Actium in 31 BC. Octavian moved the legion to the Tarraconensis in 30 BC to take part in the Cantabrian War against the Cantabrians and Asturians. After Augustus' victory in 13 BC, the legion remained in the province and was stationed at Herrera de Pisuerga. The legionaries were also widely deployed in the civil administration of Iberia.
Legio VI Hispaniensis (later Victrix) was a legion of the Roman army that was raised by Octavian in 41 BC and existed until the early 5th century. The legion's emblem was probably a bull. It was a copy of the Legio VI Ferrata that served under Marcus Antonius and probably consisted in part of veterans of this legion, some of whom upheld the traditions of the Caesarian Ferrata. Legio VI had its first mission in Perusia in the same year and also fought in Sicily against Sextus Pompeius, who was disrupting Rome's grain supply from there. In 31 BC, she fought in the battle of Actium against Marcus Antonius. The following year it was stationed in Hispania Tarraconensis, where it took part in Augustus' Cantabrian War against the Cantabrians, which lasted from 29 BC to 19 BC. The legions VI Victrix and X Gemina were initially stationed together in an unknown camp in Asturias. Legio VI was later presumably transferred to León, while X Gemina was stationed in Petavonium (Rosinos de Vidriales). The name Victrix dates from the time of Nero.
Legio X was a legion of the Roman army. Because Caesar once gave the X Legion horses and used them as cavalry, as he did not trust the allied Gallic horsemen, it was also called Legio X Equestris ("tenth mounted legion"). Augustus renamed the legion Legio X Gemina ("tenth twin legion"). The legion's symbol was a bull. Legio X was first mentioned in 58 BC, when the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis was threatened by the Helvetii. Initially, Gaius Iulius Caesar could only rely on this single legion, which was stationed near Geneva. In the Gallic War, Legio X Equestris played an important role in Caesar's military success; he himself described it as his favourite legion. After Caesar's assassination, the legion was reorganised by Lepidus in the winter of 44/43 BC and assigned to the army of Marcus Antonius. It fought for the triumvirs Augustus, Lepidus and Marcus Antonius in the Battle of Philippi against Caesar's murderers in 42 BC. The newly formed Legio X Gemina was stationed in Hispania Tarraconensis, where Augustus was preparing a campaign against the Cantabrians. It took part in the Cantabrian War from 29 BC to 19 BC.

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