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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 2624968, member: 83175&quot;]They&#039;re nice alright and quite different from the later coins of the Empire - Octavian is depicted as a god more like the Lysimachos tetradrachm depiction of Alexander than a living person.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was a time of transition too - the short legends (IMP CAESAR &amp; CAESAR DIVI F) reflect that his authority came from being the adopted son of the divine Julius, before sorting out the constitutional niceties in 27 BC and becoming the Augustus &amp; Princeps.&nbsp;&nbsp; Much more elegant coins than the later ones with crowded legends, recording a litany of titles to give their bearers some semblance of legality <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gratuitous worn denarius (RIC 257):</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_AugustusDenariusR_19.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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