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Denarius - Octavian CAESAR DIVI F
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 32 BC - 29 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Octavian facing right, rendered in fine portrait style with naturalistic features and neatly layered hair swept forward over the brow. The youthful, idealised effigy occupies the central field with no surrounding legend, a distinctive feature of this issue. The portrait displays strong classical influence, reflecting the propagandistic portraiture of the triumviral period. The coin surface shows typical hand-struck irregularity consistent with late Republican mint practice. |
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| Reverse description | A nude male figure, identified as Apollo, seated right upon a rock draped with a cloak, holding a lyre in his hands. A petasus (broad-brimmed traveller's hat) is visible behind the figure, an attribute sometimes associated with Mercury but here accompanying Apollo in a syncretic context. The legend CAESAR DIVI F arcs around the design, affirming Octavian's dynastic claim as son of the deified Julius Caesar. The composition is executed in the engraved style typical of the western mint workshops active during the Actian period. |
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| Mintage | ND (32 BC - 29 BC) |
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