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Aureus - Octavian CAESAR DIVI F
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 32 BC - 29 BC |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Reverse description | A slow quadriga advancing to the right, drawn by four horses rendered in miniature scale, with the animals' legs shown striding in careful detail. The chariot carries a draped figure, likely Octavian in triumphal pose, holding a wreath or sceptre above, beneath what appears to be a canopy or trophy. The scene evokes the Roman triumphal procession and Octavian's military victories, rendered in bold, detailed relief. The legend CAESAR DIVI F is inscribed along the lower exergual area in clear Latin capitals. The composition fills the coin's field within a plain raised border. |
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| Mintage | ND (32 BC - 29 BC) |
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Struck in the years bracketing Actium, this aureus belongs to a mobile military mint traveling with Octavian's forces — not a fixed urban workshop. The legend CAESAR DIVI F, "Son of the Divine Julius," was the political cornerstone of his authority during this period, weaponizing Caesar's posthumous deification by the Senate in 42 BC to legitimize a young man who had, legally speaking, no hereditary claim to power whatsoever.
By 27 BC, when the Senate granted him the title Augustus, this exact titulature was already being retired. Surviving examples are direct artifacts of the final civil war phase, before the principate's vocabulary was settled.