Ancients: , Octavian, as Imperator (43-27 BC), with Divus Julius Caesar. AE sestertius (31mm, 15.80 gm, 2h). NGC MS S 4/5 - 3/5, ...
Octavian, as Imperator (43-27 BC), with Divus Julius Caesar. AE sestertius (31mm, 15.80 gm, 2h). NGC MS S 4/5 - 3/5, adjusted flan. Uncertain mint, possibly in southern Italy, ca. 38 BC. CAESAR-DIVI•F, bare head of Octavian right / DIVOS-IVLVS, wreathed head of Divus Julius Caesar right. Crawford 535/1. RPC I 620. Handsome artistically rendered portraits of the founding fathers of the Roman Empire, struck on a dark cool forest green flan. Ex Münzen & Medaillen, Auction 43 (November 1970), lot 258. HID10510052018 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
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Octavian, as Imperator (43-27 BC), with Divus Julius Caesar. AE sestertius (31mm, 15.80 gm, 2h). NGC MS S 4/5 - 3/5, adjusted flan. Uncertain mint, possibly in southern Italy, ca. 38 BC. CAESAR-DIVI•F, bare head of Octavian right / DIVOS-IVLVS, wreathed head of Divus Julius Caesar right. Crawford 535/1. RPC I 620. Handsome artistically rendered portraits of the founding fathers of the Roman Empire, struck on a dark cool forest green flan. Ex Münzen & Medaillen, Auction 43 (November 1970), lot 258. HID10510052018 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
