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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2303383, member: 76111&quot;]I just received this coin which isn&#039;t going to win any beauty contests.&nbsp; The picture is truly better than the experience in hand.&nbsp; I bought it, however, because it&#039;s interesting.&nbsp; And I think reasonably scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford put this coin as a post Actium issue, but from what (little) I&#039;ve read it appears that the preponderance of opinion puts it prior to the navel engagement of Naulochus in 36 BC where Octavian&#039;s fleets under the command of Agrippa finally put an end to the antics of Sextus Pompey around Sicily. </p><p><br /></p><p>An example was recently sold in the RBW leftovers through CNG (though not as nice). Looking through my old auction catalogues, you rarely see it in the plates.&nbsp; I&#039;m thinking it&#039;s not easy to find nicer.&nbsp; Babelon priced it at 50 Franc, which was a tidy sum compared to other coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Octavian. 36-35 BC. AR Quinarius. Uncertain mint. Galley with rowers sailing right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath, palm frond, and rudder. Babelon Julia 132 (50fr),&nbsp; RIC I (1st ed.) 9; CRI 315A; Sydenham 1339; BMCRR Africa 38; King 83; RSC 94.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]462932[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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