Mine just arrived this afternoon. I'm going to try it tomorrow. I'll let you know how good I think it is.
Octavian eludes me, but I have a couple versions of his later incarnation as Augustus (or Sebastos, as the case may be!):
Hershey looks very serious about his work too. lol Mine are Smokey, Purhl and My Precious. But Purhl is in charge. All rescues.
Congrats @MaryContrary I always thought this was a cool coin. RImp Octavian 32-31 BCE AR Den Rome mint Bare CAESAR DIVI F Mercury lyre RIC 257 Sear 1550 And here is one of his Quinarii when he was that Young Whippersnapper Octavian... RImp Marc Antony & Octavian AR Quinarius 1.58g Military Mint Gaul 39BCE Concordia r Hands clasped caduceus Cr-529-4b Sear 1575 Syd-1195
Here’s one of mine that fits the category The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (19.4mm, 3.46 g, 8h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Laureate head of Octavian, as Apollo, right / Rostral column ornamented with two anchors and six beaks of galleys, surmounted by a statue of Octavian, holding spear and parazonium. CRI 423; RIC I 271 (Augustus); RSC 124 (Augustus). VF, roughness, with some attempted smoothing on the obverse.