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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancient Aussie, post: 4918898, member: 80147&quot;]Picked up this coin recently, expensive in VF condition, but this was a good price for a good fine with readable letters in the architrave and a good portrait of Octavian it ticked enough boxes.</p><p>One of the more interesting things about this coin is the star in the architrave which I believe represents a comet, although described as a star in most references.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Temple of Caesar was the only temple to be entirely dedicated to the cult of a comet (referred to as a &#039;comet star&#039;) The comet, appearing some time after Caesar&#039;s murder (44 BC), was considered to be the soul of the deified Julius Caesar and the symbol of the &quot;new birth&quot; of Augustus as a unique Roman ruler and Emperor. </p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus minted a few series of coins devoted to the comet star and to the deified Caesar, &quot;Divus Iulius&quot;, to be struck and widely distributed, so it is possible to have an idea of the representation of the comet star of the deified Julius Caesar.</p><p><br /></p><p>During his public speech about the appearance of the comet, Augustus specified that he himself, the new ruler of the world, was born politically at the very time his father Julius Caesar appeared as a comet in the sky of Rome. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1185413[/ATTACH]</p><p>Octavian, Southern or central Italian mint, Spring-early summer 36 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.92g, 6h). Bareheaded and bearded head r. R/ Tetrastyle temple of Divus Julius: statue of Julius Caesar as augur standing within temple; DIVO • IVL on architrave, star within pediment, figures along roof line; lighted altar to l. Crawford 540/2; RSC 90 (Augustus). Bankers&#039; marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex London Ancient Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the remains today in the Forum between the Temple of Faustina and the temple of Vesta.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1185415[/ATTACH]</p><p>And a shot inside.[ATTACH=full]1185416[/ATTACH] </p><p>The niche and the altar in front of the temple podium are also a problem of interpretation based on scarce data. They were visible in 29 BC when the temple was dedicated and when Augustus&#039; coin series with the temple of Divus Iulius was struck from 37 BC to 34 BC. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1185417[/ATTACH]</p><p>PIC courtesy of Pinterest.</p><p>The temple measured 26.97m in width and 30m in length, corresponding to 91 by 102 Roman feet. The podium or platform area was at least 5.5 m high (18 Roman feet) but only 3.5 m at the front. The columns, if Corinthian, were probably 11.8 to 12.4 m high, corresponding to 40 or 42 Roman feet.</p><p><br /></p><p>The temple remained largely intact until the late 15th century, when it&#039;s marble and stones were used to construct new churches and palaces. Only parts of the cement core of the platform have been preserved.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0080"><b>LET&#039;S SEE THOSE OCTAVIAN/JULIUS CAESAR COINS, I KNOW <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/johndakerftw.76543/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/johndakerftw.76543/">Johndakerftw</a> HAS A GREAT COIN OF THE COMET.......</b></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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