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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2829694, member: 44132&quot;]Enjoyable re-cap of a very fascinating period of history.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]666740[/ATTACH] </p><p>JULIUS CAESAR</p><p>AR Denarius&nbsp; </p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Diademed head of Venus right.&nbsp; </p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; CAESAR - Aeneas advancing left, carrying Anchises and palladium</p><p>Carthage 47 to 46 BC</p><p>4.0g, 17mm</p><p>CRI 55, Sydenham 1013, RRC 458/1, S 1402</p><p>[ATTACH=full]666741[/ATTACH] </p><p>AUGUSTUS</p><p>AR Quinarius</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; IMP VII CAESAR - Bare head right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; ASIA RECEPTA - Victory standing left on cippus, holding wreath and palm, snake on either side</p><p>Uncertain Italian Mint 29-27 BC</p><p>1.7g, 13mm</p><p>RIC 276, S 1568</p><p>[ATTACH=full]666742[/ATTACH] </p><p>MARCUS ANTONIUS</p><p>Ionia Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm&nbsp; </p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT, head of Antony right, wreathed in ivy, lituus below, all within wreath of ivy and grapes&nbsp; </p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; III VIR R P C, bust of Octavia right on cista flanked by snakes&nbsp; </p><p>Ephesus 39 BC </p><p>11.8gm, 26mm&nbsp; </p><p>RPC I 2201, Sydenham 1197, Sear 262</p><p>[ATTACH=full]666743[/ATTACH] </p><p>AGRIPPA</p><p>AE As</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; M AGRIPPA L F COSIII - Head left, wearing rostral crown</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; No legend - Neptune standing left, holding dolphin and trident; S C across fields</p><p>Rome 37-41 AD</p><p>11.0g, 28mm</p><p>RIC58, BMC 161, BN77, C3</p><p><br /></p><p>From Wiki:</p><p><i>Little is recorded of Tiberius&#039;s early life. In 32 BC Tiberius at the age of nine, delivered the eulogy for his biological father at the rostra. In 29 BC, both he rode in the triumphal chariot along with their adoptive father Octavian in celebration of the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>In 23 BC Emperor Augustus became gravely ill and his possible death threatened to plunge the Roman world into chaos again. Historians generally agree that it is during this time that the question of Augustus&#039; heir became most acute, and while Augustus had seemed to indicate that Agrippa and Marcellus would carry on his position in the event of his death, the ambiguity of succession became Augustus&#039; chief problem.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>In response, a series of potential heirs seem to have been selected, among them Tiberius and his brother Drusus.</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]666744[/ATTACH] </i></p><p>TIBERIUS</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; TI CAESAR DIVI AVG AVGVSTVS, laureate head right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, holding long sceptre &amp; olive branch, seated right on throne with ornate legs, single line below</p><p>Lugdunum 14-37 AD</p><p>3.75g, 19mm</p><p>RIC 30, RSC 16a, BMC 48[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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