My first coin of Octavian

Great coin, @DonnaML ! Thank you for posting. I first learned of Octavian via Roddy Mcdowall’s rendition in “Cleopatra.”

 

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Lovely coin DonnaML! I enjoy coins of Octavian. The book by Sear mentioned by @Terence Cheesman is my no. 1 reference book too for imperatorial coinage.

Below are my coins of Octavian:






I believe the reverse of last aureus posted by @jdmKY shows the statue on the top of the roof of the curia julia. I did a small write up a little while ago about my coin.

 

Beautifull coin Donna !

 

@DonnaML .....Really nice looking coin Donna! Good remaining detail ....This has turned into a very informative thread at least for me, thanks.....Just one layman question as I've not purchased an Augustus yet...Wouldn't the bankers mark, which seems to of been struck quite heavily, show a change in the silver content...ie if fouree surely this would have broken through the silver foil?

 

If you mean my coin, I agree. That's why I'm sure it's not a fouree.

 

I have yet to see an Octavian coin one should be ashamed of ....

Nice find, and great information as usual DonnaML


Mark Antony and Octavian, Denarius - minted in Asia minor c.41 BC
M ANT IMP AVG III RPCM BARBAT QP, Bare head of Mark Antony right
CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR RPC, Bare head of Octavian right
3.62 gr
Ref : HCRI # 243, RCV #1504, Cohen #8
Ex Coll Alain M.



Octavian, Denarius - Italian mint, possibly Rome, 31-30 BC
Anepigraph, bare head of Octavian left
CAESAR - DIVI F, Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath
3.84 gr
Ref : HCRI # 408, RCV # 1552v, Cohen # 66, RIC # 255
The following comment is taken from CNG, sale 84 # 957 :
"Following his victory at Actium, Octavian ordered a golden statue of Victory, standing on a globe and holding a wreath and palm, to be set up on an altar in the Curia in Rome. This statue had been captured by the Romans from Pyrrhus in 272 BC, and it assumed a somewhat tutelary mystique, protecting the Roman state from dissolution. In AD 382, the emperor Gratian ordered its removal. Two years later, the senator and orator Symmachus urged Valentinian II to replace it, a request that was met with stiff opposition from the bishop of Milan, Ambrose. Though it was briefly returned to its place by the usurper Eugenius, it was again removed following his defeat. Petitions to Theodosius I for its subsequent replacement were refused, on grounds that the once-important symbol of the gods’ blessing on the Roman Empire was now nothing more than a piece of paganism"



Octavian & Agrippa, AE Dupondius - Arausio mint (Orange), 30-29 BC (Colonia Firma Julia Secundanorum Arausio)
IMP DIVI F (IMPerator DIVI Filii), bare heads of Augustus (right) and Agrippa (left), back to back
Prow of galley right, ram's head (?) enclosed in a medaillion above
17.61 gr - 28 mm.
Ref : RPC # 533
Ex. CNG e-auction #181/28, from the Patrick Villemur collection

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