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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 7901526, member: 87809&quot;]Historically significant and beautiful denarius [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]. Great choice<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite topic: Augustus whose birthday is coming up in two days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus appears in history with three different names: </p><p>His original name was Gaius Octavius. After Caesar’s death and having adopted and named his great-nephew Octavius his heir in his testament of September 45 BC, the young Octavius takes the name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus and in the year 27 BC and by motion of the senate he is called Imperator Caesar Augustus, were it is to be noted that Imperator is placed first and as such became prenomen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gaius Octavius was born under Cicero’s consulate on September 23, 63 BC. His birth house in the palatine district, not far from the Via Sacra, had the name “ad capita bubula” at the bull heads. After Augustus’ death the house was declared a sanctuary and, on its spot, stood later the church San Bonaventura.</p><p><br /></p><p>About Octavius childhood little is known. His father had been governor of Macedonia for two years before his death when Octavius was 4 years old, making it very unlikely that he had any memories of his father. Octavius was raised by his mother Atia and his grandmother Julia. Atia remarried a man of nobility, Lucius Marcius Philippus, who took good care of the education of his stepson.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the fall of 45 BC Julius Caesar created a new group of patricians (Lex Cassia) and Octavius became a member of the Patricians. Shortly thereafter, Caesar sent his great nephew to Apollonia (today Valona, Albania) were he should be acquainted with military tasks and be prepared for future command. At the same time, he studied Greek and Rhetoric with Apollodarus in Pergamum, Mathematics with Theogenes. His companions in military education were Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Quintus Salvidienus Rufus. Salvidienus, his military mentor, was a bit older than Octavius and initially devoted to him. Even though Salvidienus was a candidate for consul in 39 BC, during the Perusine War he took sides with Octavius enemies. Salvidienus appears on coins probably from 41/40 BC (Cohen 514) with the legend IMP(erator) COS DESG (i.e. Consul Designatus). On the other hand, Agrippa was his trusted friend throughout life.</p><p><br /></p><p>A denarius also from the same time as yours. The reverse of this denarius leaves the specific victory unspecified. The most likely possibility is that it commemorates Agrippa’s victory over Antony and Cleopatra at Actium the previous September, the final triumph for Octavian, the undisputed master of the Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Triumvirs, Octavian, Italian mint, Rome (?), Autumn 30 - Summer 29 BC</p><p>19 x 20 mm, 3.611 g</p><p>CRI 419; RIC I 265A (Augustus); </p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Bare head right</p><p>Rev.: Naval and military trophy facing, composed of helmet, cuirass, shield, and crossed spears, set on prow of galley right; crossed rudder and anchor at base; IMP CAESAR across field</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1364432[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1364434[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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