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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8299678, member: 134416&quot;][ATTACH=full]1468180[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hides in a corner; it&#039;s so ugly <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, it must surely be the worst Caesar portrait denarius out there.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie105" alt=":yuck:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>JULIUS CAESAR AR silver portrait denarius. Lifetime issue, struck Jan-Feb 44 BC. CAESAR DICT PERPETVO, Laureate head of Caesar right. Reverse - SEPVLLIVS MACER, Venus standing right holding Victory and scepter. RSC 41, RCV 1414. Scarce! 17mm, 3.1g. Very worn, several small surface scratches.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few very worn RR denarii, but most aren&#039;t pictured.&nbsp; An early coin was a Marc Antony legionary denarius, so worn that it&#039;s almost a slick, purchased at the local coin shop.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468181[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Title: Octavian, as Sole Imperator (31-27 BC). AR Denarius / Actian Arch</b></p><p><b>Attribution:</b> RIC I 267 Uncertain Italian mint</p><p><b>Date:</b> 30-29 BC</p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Anipigraphic, bare head of Octavian right</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Quadriga, facing, set atop triumphal arch (the Actian Arch) with architrave inscribed with IMP CAESAR</p><p><b>Size:</b> 18.09mm</p><p><b>Weight:</b> 2.63 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468183[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>L LIVINEIUS REGULUS AR silver denarius. Praetor, 42 BC. Small bare head of the praetor L Livineius Regulus right. Reverse - L REGVLVS in exergue, combatants with wild animals: one combatant attacks a lion with a spear; another, with shield and sword, defends himself against a tiger; a wounded boar sits on the left, facing right. RCV 489. Very Scarce. 18mm, 3.5g. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468184[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>L Mussidius Longus AR silver denarius. Struck circa 42 BC. Facing bust of Sol, radiate and draped. Reverse - Platform inscribed CLOACIN, two statues of Venus Cloacina atop. Cr494/43a, Syd 1094. </p><p><br /></p><p>Very appropriate that it&#039;s the goddess of the sewer.&nbsp; The coin looks like it&#039;s been in one.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468185[/ATTACH] </p><p>L. Rubrius Dossenus Denarius RCV 258</p><p><br /></p><p>* I don&#039;t remember this coin at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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