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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;randygeki, post: 916537, member: 13719&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">This First coin, be it very worn, is a Marc Antony legionary denarius. It was used to pay Antony’s legions and was possibly made with silver from Cleopatra’s (</font><span style="color: black">Ptolemaic) treasury. The now worn off, its had the number of the legion if was issued on the rev. (for example, LEG X = legion 10). This coin circulated for a very long time and saw many events, but one in particular event this coins likely saw was the Battle of Acitum in 31 B.C. , have been minted shortly before and paid to a soldier the likely fought in the battle.</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/members/randygeki/albums/75/9936.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">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</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: black">The battle was between Octavian (Augustus) with his general Marcus Agrippa leading his fleet, against </span><span style="color: black">Antony</span><span style="color: black"> and Cleopatra VII, in which Octavian was victorious. <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/members/randygeki/albums/75/11700/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/members/randygeki/albums/75/11700/"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/members/randygeki/albums/75/11700t.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> (a coin of Agrippa)</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i><span style="color: black">“Octavian&#039;s victory enabled him to consolidate his power over </span></i><i><span style="color: black">Rome</span></i><i><span style="color: black"> and its dominions. To that end, he adopted the title of Princeps (&quot;first citizen&quot;) and as a result of the victory was awarded the title of Augustus by the Roman Senate. As Augustus, he would retain the trappings of a restored Republican leader; however, historians generally view this consolidation of power and the adoption of these honorifics as the end of the </span></i><i><span style="color: black">Roman</span></i><i><span style="color: black">Republic</span></i><i><span style="color: black"> and the beginning of the </span></i><i><span style="color: black">Roman Empire</span></i><i><span style="color: black">.”(</span></i><i><span style="color: black">wikipedia.org)</span></i></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Times New Roman">This next coin commemorates Octavian’s victory.</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/members/randygeki/albums/75/10337.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Octavian, Triumvir and Imperator, Augustus </font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">16 January 27 B.C.</font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"> - </font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">19 August 14 A.D</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black">RR38515. 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</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black">RIC 264, RSC 155 - RSC 115?, sear5 1555</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: black">&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;</span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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