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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 8172449, member: 87809&quot;]Wonderful denarius [USER=115909]@Gam3rBlake[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>This type was part of a series of aurei and denarii that were struck between&nbsp; autumn 30 BC&nbsp; - Autumn 29 BC and conveying amessage of victory and re-foundation. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sear associated this denarius with a contemporary aureus showing on its reverse a similar trophy; the obverse of it, a bust of Diana Siciliensis, led him to argue that the aureus commemorated Octavian’s important victory over Sextus Pompey at the Battle of Naulochus in 36 BC. </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse of the OP denarius leaves the specific victory unspecified. The most likely possibility is it commemorates Agrippa’s victory over Anthony and Cleopatra at Actium the previous September, the final triumph for Octavian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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