my new present for me/ DIVOS IVLIVS

LOL, that is just plain FREAKY!

We it IS amazing how they could get them all to dance together...

 

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Your English is much better than my Dutch! I think Doug was just helping bring along your written English skills--a nice by-product of this board for nonnative English speakers.

I am not fluent or even conversant in a modern foreign language; I admire people with enough skill to communicate even imperfectly. And indeed, HBD!

 

How silly of me, I keep forgetting I have an Augustus denarius. Perhaps this is a sign I should slow down a little. When one can't remember a coin they added this year to their collection, yeah, time to take it easy for a little while and get reacquainted with the collection:


AUGUSTUS silver denarius. Struck 2 BC - 14 AD. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head of Augustus right. Reverse - AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, C L CAESARES in exergue, Caius and Lucius Caesars standing facing, shield and spears between them; simpulum and lituus above, X in middle field (Pd rather than the more usual b9). RSC 43. RCV 1597. 17mm, 3.6g.

 

Now I'm back home, here's my example of the OP coin (not as good as I told you, even considering the picture could be highly improved)


Octavian, Dupondius Minted in Italy 38 BC
DIVI F, bare head of Octavian right
DIVOS IVLIVS, in a laurel wreath
27.07 gr
Ref : HCRI # 309, RCV # 1570

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Here is mine:

 

Happy Birthday, always good to get a gift for yourself.

 

Happy birthday Ro! That is a very nice coin. I hope to find one of those too!

 

Very nice. I really like those large coins. I don't have any but I do have a coin that fits the topic.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RO! sweet self present!

i always buy myself the best birthday presents!

 

Thanks all for the congratulations

 

Great nice big Octavian, and a happy birthday to you ro1974.

 

Here's Octavian's senate house Curia Julia denarius.