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Born this day 63 B.C., Octavian
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Octavian born on September 23, 63 B.C.
This bronze head of Octavian from the collection of the British Museum was taken as a trophy by the kingdom of Kush and was buried in front of a small temple in Meroe, the capital, where temple goers could tred over it.
This is my one piece of his, an As of the moneyed Otho, 7 B.C.
Please post a coin of Octavian or anything bronze of his era.
This bronze head of Octavian from the collection of the British Museum was taken as a trophy by the kingdom of Kush and was buried in front of a small temple in Meroe, the capital, where temple goers could tred over it.
This is my one piece of his, an As of the moneyed Otho, 7 B.C.
Please post a coin of Octavian or anything bronze of his era.
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Really like the portait and contrasting patina on your coin.
I too had an Augusts As with M. Salvius Otho as moneyer. (I'm assuming he was the grandfather of the later emperor of the same name?)
A modest-grade coin, but I always liked it:
(And for the record, I know that coin had no business in a slab. I just had it put in one because that's how I was doing my Twelve Caesars set at the time.)
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obv: SPQR DIVO AVGVSTO quadriga of elephants without riders, Augustus on car
rev: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXXIIX large SC
Tiberius RIC 68 var.
(I posted this one 18 months ago).
Great looking bronze coin.