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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 7774682, member: 87809&quot;]The date given for this coin is in contention; the date usually given in reference books is 37 BC, but this is inconsistent with the consular titles on the reverse, which suggest a date of 32 BC (the date of Octavian&#039;s 2nd and 3rd consulships can be verified using the consular lists in the appendix of Syme&#039;s Roman Revolution). The reverse legend indicates Octavian is Consul a second time and has been elected for a third time. For further information read Zanker pg. 34ff.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t know if the lightning in your picture is misleading or if&nbsp; the red-brownish coloring is just discoloration. If there is a copper core where the silver is broken off, it could be a subaerat denarius (silver plated coins struck on flans with base metal cores and just enough silver on the outside to make them look like, and pass for, good silver).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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