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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2563227, member: 39084&quot;]A couple of the early October auctions brought a few coins my way that I&#039;ll be showing over the next few days.&nbsp; Here is the first of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve been trying to add a small bronze of Augustus to my 12 Caesars collection for quite a while, and this coin (barely) fits that niche.&nbsp; While the condition is only VF / good VF, the winged Victory behind Augustus on the obverse clinched it for me; it almost seems as if Victory is whispering in his ear. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]552875[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>OCTAVIAN (as AUGUSTUS)</p><p>AE Dupondius (?) (20.33 g.)&nbsp; Rome 7 B.C.&nbsp; RIC 429&nbsp; BMC 224</p><p>CAESAR AVGVST PONT MAX TRI – BVNIC POT Laureate head left, crowned by Victory standing behind and holding cornucopiae. Rev. M SALVIVS OTHO III VIR A A A F F around S C. From the Gasvoda collection</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins ranged in weight from less than ten grams to more than 17 grams (my coin is one of the latter) and were struck on flans that ranged from too small to oversize.&nbsp; Some experts (Giard and Grant) describe them as medallions, but Mattingly tentatively classifies them as dupondii.</p><p><br /></p><p>Completing my 12 Caesars is now only one coin away – the continuingly elusive Tiberius portrait sestertius.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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