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Denarius - Octavian CAESAR DIVI F, Venus
| Uitgever | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Jaar | 32 BC - 29 BC |
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| Waarde | 1 Denarius |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Bare head of Octavian facing left, rendered in fine relief with naturalistic portraiture characteristic of late Republican and early Imperial die-cutting. The youthful effigy displays carefully detailed hair swept forward in irregular locks across the forehead, with a smooth, unadorned neck truncation. No legend appears on the obverse, the field being entirely devoted to the portrait. The style reflects the transitional artistic phase between the Roman Republic and the Principate. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Venus Genetrix standing to right, depicted in full figure, leaning gracefully against a column with her weight shifted to her left side. She holds a transverse spear diagonally in her left hand and a helmet in her extended right hand, attributes alluding to her role as divine ancestress of the Julian gens and patron of military victory. A round shield decorated with an eight-rayed star rests against the base of the column at her side. The legend CAESAR DIVI F is inscribed in the field, identifying Octavian as Caesar, son of the Divus Julius. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Struck in the years bracketing Actium, this denarius falls within the critical window when Octavian was dismantling the last opposition to his rule — Antony and Cleopatra defeated in 31 BC, Egypt annexed the following year, the treasury of the Ptolemies suddenly available to pay his legions and flood the Roman mint with fresh silver. The mobile military mint producing these coins likely followed his campaigns, possibly operating in or near Greece before relocating to an Italian center after the war ended.
The RIC 250B attribution places this among a tightly clustered group issued before the Senate granted the cognomen Augustus in January 27 BC — coins still bearing the name Caesar Divi Filius without the imperial title he would carry for the next four decades.