Octavian AR Denarius...in the house

Mine just arrived this afternoon. I'm going to try it tomorrow. I'll let you know how good I think it is.

 

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Very cool, thank you. I had no idea such a thing existed for +/- $50.

 

Octavian eludes me, but I have a couple versions of his later incarnation as Augustus (or Sebastos, as the case may be!):

 

Nice coin!

If you don't mind, I cropped the pictures from the OP.

 

Thank you. I must say, your collection is quite impressive.

 

This is a beautiful coin. The detail is amazing.

 

Thank you for the kind words.

 

I have a Black Bombay cat named Purhl. He weighs about 20 lbs and growls at strangers. lol

 

Hershey just lays around coining.

 

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

 

Very nice coins indeed. Thank you for sharing those with me.

 

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.

 

Great coin...I love the history of these. Thank you!