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Denarius - Octavian CAESAR DIVI F, Victory
| Uitgever | Roman Republic / Early Roman Empire (Octavian) |
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| Jaar | 32 BC - 29 BC |
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| Vorm | Round (irregular) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Bare head of Octavian facing right, rendered in a finely detailed portrait style characteristic of late Republican and early Augustan coinage. The youthful effigy displays close-cropped, softly rendered hair with individual locks carefully delineated, framing a composed and idealized facial profile. No legend appears on the obverse, the bare field emphasizing the portrait's authority and dynastic prominence. The flan is slightly irregular, consistent with hand-struck silver coinage of the period. |
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| Rand | Plain |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Struck in the years bracketing Actium, this issue belongs to the intensive military mint output supporting Octavian's final campaigns against Antony and Cleopatra. The traveling mint — likely operating in or near the western provinces — produced enormous quantities to pay legions that were simultaneously fighting and being demobilized into the veteran colonies Octavian needed to secure Italy politically. The DIVI F title was deliberate propaganda: son of the deified Julius, not merely Caesar's heir by adoption.
By 29 BC, with the triple triumph celebrated and the temple of Janus closed for the first time in generations, this coinage was already giving way to the more stable Augustan issues that followed his constitutional settlement of 27 BC.