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Denarius - Octavian CAESAR DIVI F, Victory
| 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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| Obverse description | Bare head of Octavian facing left, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with naturalistic portraiture. The youthful effigy displays closely cropped hair with characteristic comma-shaped locks swept forward over the brow. The facial features are idealized yet individualistic, with a strong jaw and sharp profile typical of late Republican and early Augustan portraiture. No legend appears on the obverse; the field is otherwise plain within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Struck in the volatile years bracketing Actium, this denarius belongs to the mobile military mint issues that followed Octavian's forces through the final campaigns against Antony and Cleopatra. The exact mint location remains debated — candidates include Brundisium and an itinerant camp mint — but the coins were clearly produced under field conditions to pay troops, not for prestige circulation in Rome.
By 29 BC, when Octavian returned to the city for his triple triumph, these pieces were already moving through soldiers' hands across the eastern provinces. The transition to the Augustan principate was still months away.