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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2472781, member: 76111&quot;]Octavian. Spring-early summer 36 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.88 g, 6h). Southern or central Italian mint. Bare head right, bearded / Temple of Divus Julius: statue of Julius Caesar, holding lituus, within tetrastyle temple set on podium; DIVO IVL on architrave, star within pediment, figures along roof line; lighted altar to left. Crawford 540/2; CRI 315; Sydenham 1338; RSC 90.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a prime example of propaganda in coinage. The Temple of Divus Julius wasn&#039;t started until after Actium and dedicated 29 BC on the site of Caesar cremation.&nbsp; Octavian is portrayed with a mourning beard, though this is dated 8 years after Caesars murder, keeping the gift of crisis and revenge alive and well for his political uses.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]520505[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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