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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;randygeki, post: 1944285, member: 13719&quot;]Great write up, and coin.&nbsp; Not quite as nice as the OPs coins, but here a couple of denarii I have related to the battle of Actium.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]338202[/ATTACH] </p><p>Mark Antony, Triumvir and Imperator, 44 - 30 B.C., Silver denarius, cf. Crawford 544/14, Sydenham 1216, BMCRR 190, and RSC I 27 ff., Fair, Patrae?, 2.818g, 17.7mm, 180o, 32 - 31 B.C.; obverse ANT•AVG / III VIR•R•P•C, galley right with rowers, mast with banners at prow, border of dots; reverse LEG - [...], legionary eagle between two standards, border of dots Ex Forvm</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The silver for this issue may have come from the Ptolemaic treasury, and this coin may have been present at the Battle of Actium.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]338201[/ATTACH] </p><p>Octavian, Triumvir and Imperator, Augustus 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver denarius, Fair, rough, Italian (Rome?) mint, weight 3.495g, maximum diameter 18.5mm, die axis 270o, c. 29 - 27 B.C.; obverse IMP CAESAR, Octavian, holding olive branch, driving triumphal quadriga right; reverse Victory standing right on prow, wreath in right, palm over shoulder in left</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 264, RSC 155 - RSC 115?, sear5 1555 ex Forvm</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;This coin commemorates Octavian&#039;s victory at Actium and his triumph. The silver for this issue may have come from the Ptolemaic treasury&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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