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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 5432758, member: 86498"]In a real sense the beginning of the Roman Empire can be encapsulated with this one coin. Octavian Ar Denarius 29-27 BC Unknown Italian mint Obv Head of Octavian right bare headed. CAESAR COS VI Rv. Crocodile advancing right. AEGVPTO CAPTA RIC 275a CRI 430 3.71 grms 18 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1236122[/ATTACH] First of all it celebrates the end of the last Hellenistic Monarchy then still in existence, thus beginning the complete domination by Rome of the Mediterranean basin. Secondly and perhaps not known by them, at the time, it does celebrate the end of the Roman civil wars and thus inaugurates the Pax Romana. Third it does hint at the transformation of Octavian the warlord to Augustus the emperor. On previous issues Octavian usually is described as Imperator or as the son of the god Julius Caesar. In this issue we see none of the military trappings but instead we see him inserting himself within Roman political conventions. It is at this time we see him "restoring" the Republic. Octavian's journey from warlord to Princeps is a long and careful one and soon after this coin was struck we see the final transmutation the adoption of the honorific Augustus.</p><p>Planchet archives at: <a href="https://edmontoncoinclub.com/the-planchet/the-planchet-archived/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://edmontoncoinclub.com/the-planchet/the-planchet-archived/" rel="nofollow">https://edmontoncoinclub.com/the-planchet/the-planchet-archived/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 5432758, member: 86498"]In a real sense the beginning of the Roman Empire can be encapsulated with this one coin. Octavian Ar Denarius 29-27 BC Unknown Italian mint Obv Head of Octavian right bare headed. CAESAR COS VI Rv. Crocodile advancing right. AEGVPTO CAPTA RIC 275a CRI 430 3.71 grms 18 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1236122[/ATTACH] First of all it celebrates the end of the last Hellenistic Monarchy then still in existence, thus beginning the complete domination by Rome of the Mediterranean basin. Secondly and perhaps not known by them, at the time, it does celebrate the end of the Roman civil wars and thus inaugurates the Pax Romana. Third it does hint at the transformation of Octavian the warlord to Augustus the emperor. On previous issues Octavian usually is described as Imperator or as the son of the god Julius Caesar. In this issue we see none of the military trappings but instead we see him inserting himself within Roman political conventions. It is at this time we see him "restoring" the Republic. Octavian's journey from warlord to Princeps is a long and careful one and soon after this coin was struck we see the final transmutation the adoption of the honorific Augustus. Planchet archives at: [URL]https://edmontoncoinclub.com/the-planchet/the-planchet-archived/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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