RIC 254b / Sear 1552
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Note This page lists issues from before 27 BC (so before Octavian's name was changed to Augustus). Later issues are listed on the Augustus page. Cohen 3
Sear 1569Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar AE Dupondius. Italian mint, 38 BC. DIVI F CAESAR, bare head of Octavian right / DIVOS IVLIVS, wreathed head of Julius Caesar right. Cr535/1, Syd 1335, RPC 620. Text Image Cohen 95
Sear 1570Octavian AE Sestertius. Southern Italian mint, 38 BC. DIVI F, bare and slightly bearded head right, star in field / DIVOS IVLIVS, two lines within wreath. Cr535/2, Syd 1336, RPC 621.
(2 examples) RSC 2a Lepidus and Octavian. Nov.-Dec. 43 BC. AR Denarius 17mm, 3.83 g. Military mint traveling with Lepidus in Italy. LEPIDVS PONT MAX III V R P C (partially ligate and interspersed with dots), bare head of Lepidus right. / CAESAR IMP III VIR R P C (partially ligate and interspersed with dots), bare head of Octavian right. Crawford 495/2a; CRI 140; Sydenham 1323; RSC 2a. Text Image RSC 5
Sear 1542Octavianus and M. Vipsanius Agrippa. AR Denarius, mint moving with Octavian, 38 BC, 19mm, 3.63 g. DIVOS IVLIVS DIVI F, wreathed head of Julius Caesar right facing bare head of Octavian left. / M AGRIPPA COS DESIG in two lines. RSC 5; Crawford 534/2; Babelon Julia 129 and Vipsania 2; Sear Imp. 306.RSC 5, Syd 1330, Crawford 534/2. (2 examples) RSC 55
Sear 1536Octavian. 42 BC. AR Denarius. Mint moving with Octavian. Bare head of Octavian right / CAESAR DIC PER inscribed on curule chair, front and back legs decorated with eagles, upon which rests a wreath. Cr497/2a; Syd 1322. (5 examples) RSC 90
Sear 1545Octavian AR Denarius. 36 BC. Mint moving with Octavian. IMP CAESAR DIVI F III VIR ITER RPC, bare head right / COS ITER ET TER DESIG, tetrastyle temple with Julius Caesar standing within, DIVO IVL on the architrave, star in pediment, lit altar to left. Crawford 540/2; Syd 1338; Babelon 139; RSC 90; Sear Imp. 315; Sear 1545.
(4 examples) RSC 91
Sear 1544Octavian Denarius. 36 BC. IMP CAESAR DIVI F III VIR ITER R P C, bare head right / COS ITER ET TER DESIG, priestly implements: simpulum, sprinkler, jug and lituus. Cr538/1, Syd 1334.
(3 examples) RSC 94
Sear 1566Octavian AR Quinarius. Italian mint, 36 BC. IMP CAESAR, galley sailing right / DIVI F, Victory standing left, holding wreath, palm branch and rudder. Syd 1339. (One example) RSC 111 Octavian, AR denarius. Mint moving with Octavian, 37 BC. 3.79 g. IMP CAESAR-DIVI F in two lines within wreath / COS ITER ET TER DESI, tripod with cauldron. Julia 136; BMCRR Gaul 115; RSC 111; Syd. 1333; Sear Imp. 311; Cr. 537/2. Text Image RSC 128 Octavian Denarius. IMP CAESAR DIVI F III VIR R P C around empty field / no legend; ladle, whisk, pitcher and lituus. Cr537/1, Syd 1332.
Text Image RSC 227
Sear 1540Octavian Denarius. 41 BC. C CAESAR III VIR R P C. bare head of Octavian right / POPVL IVSSV, equestrian statue of Octavian left. Syd 1317, Cr518/2. (One example) RSC 248
Sear 1537Octavian Denarius. Gaul, 42 BC. CAESAR III VIR R P C, helmeted draped bust of Mars right, spear over shoulder / SC, Aquila, surmounted by trophy and flanked by two standards. Syd 1320, Cr497/3. (2 examples) RSC 443
Sear 1538Octavian. 42 BC. AR Denarius. L. Livineius Regulus, moneyer. C CAESAR III VIR R P C, bare head right / L LIVINEIVS REGVLVS, Victory walking right with wreath and palm branch. Cr494/25, Syd 1107. (2 examples) RSC 500 Octavian AR Denarius. Cyrene mint, 31 BC. IMP CAESARI above, SCARPVS IMP below, open hand left / AVGVSTVS DIVI F, Victory standing right on globe. Cr546/6, Syd 1282.
Text Image RSC 514
Sear 1541Octavian F Salvienus Imperator, AR denarius, 3.63 g, struck 40 BC, mobile mint in Italy. C CAESAR III VIR R P C, Bare head of Octavian right, lightly bearded. / Q SALVIVS IMP COS DESIG, winged thunderbolt. RSC 514; Crawford 523/1; Syd. 1326b. (2 examples) RSC 523 Octavian AR denarius, 40 BC. 3.95 g. DIVI IVLI F, lightly bearded head of Octavian right / TI SEMPRO[N] GRACC[VS] [IIII VIR] Q DESIG, standard, legionary eagle, plough and yardstick. RSC 523; Cr. 525/2; Syd; 1127; BMC 4314; Sempronia 13. Text Image RSC 539 Octavian Denarius. 42 BC. C Vibius Varus, moneyer. Bare head right / C VIBIVS VARVS, Venus or Fortuna standing left. Vibia 31, Cr494/33.
Text Image RSC 545
Sear 1543Octavian Denarius. 38 BC. IMP CAESAR DIVI IVLI F, bare head right / AGRIPA COS DESIG in border of dots. (2 examples) RIC 250a
Sear 1547Octavian Denarius. Uncertain Italian mint, 32-31 BC. Diademed head of Venus right / CAESAR DIVI F, Venus standing right, half-draped, leaning against column, holding helmet and transverse sceptre, shield bearing eight-rayed star leaning against column left. RSC 62.
(One example) RIC 251
Sear 1548Octavian Denarius. 32-29 BC. Diademed head of Venus or Pax right / CAESAR - DIVI F, Octavian, in military dress, rushing left, bearing spear in left hand and raising right. RSC 70. (2 examples) RIC 252
Sear 1551Octavian Denarius. Uncertain Italian mint, 32-29 BC. Bare head of Octavian right / CAESAR - DIVI F, Pax standing left holding olive branch and cornucopiae. RSC 69. (Example) RIC 253
Sear 1549Octavian Denarius. Uncertain Italian mint, 32-29 BC. Diademed bust of Venus right, cornucopia behind and branch before / CAESAR - DIVI F, Octavian in military dress walking right with spear over shoulder. RSC 72. (3 examples) RIC 254b
Sear 1552Octavian AR Denarius. Uncertain Italian mint, 32-29 BC. Bare head left / CAESAR - DIVI F, Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm branch. RSC 64.
(4 examples) RIC 256
Sear 1553Octavian, AR denarius 31-30 BC., 3.81 g. Uncertain mint. Winged bust of Victory right / CAESAR-DIVI F, Octavian as Neptune standing left, right foot on globe, holding aplustre and sceptre. RIC I 256; Sear 409; BMC 615; RSC 60. (4 examples) RIC 257
Sear 1550Octavian Denarius. Brundisium mint (?), 32-29 BC. Bare head right / CAESAR DIVI F, Mercury seated on rock playing lyre. RSC 61, BMC 597. (3 examples) RIC 264
Sear 1555Octavian denarius. Octavian in quadriga right, IMP CAESAR in ex. / Victory right on prow, holding wreath. RSC 115. (2 examples) RIC 265a
Sear 1556Octavian Denarius. 29-27 BC. Bare head right / IMP - CAESAR, trophy composed of helmet, cuirass, shield, and crossed spears set on prow of galley right. RSC 119. (3 examples) RIC 266
Sear 1557Octavian Denarius. Uncertain Italian mint, 29-27 BC. Bare head right / IMP CAESAR on architrave of temple with colonnaded base; Victory on globe at apex of pediment, and warriors at the angles. RSC 122. (3 examples) RIC 267
Sear 1558Octavian denarius. Bare head right / Octavian in quadriga facing on triumphal arch for Victory at Actium inscribed IMP CAESAR. RSC 123. (Example) RIC 269a
Sear 1561Octavian Denarius. Uncertain Italian mint, 29-27 BC. Bare head right / IMP CAESAR, Octavian as herm facing on winged thunderbolt. RSC 114. (2 examples) RIC 270
Sear 1562Octavian Denarius. Uncertain Italian mint, 29-27 BC. Laureate terminal bust right, thunderbolt behind / IMP-CAESAR, Octavian seated togate left on curile chair, holding Victory. RSC 116. (2 examples) RIC 271
Sear 1559Octavian Denarius. 29-27 BC. Laureate bust right / IMP - CAESAR, statue of Octavian on rostral column. RSC 124. (Example) RIC 272
Sear 1560Octavian, AR denarius, c28 BC. Laureate head of Apollo of Actium right, with features of Octavian. / IMP CAESAR, Octavian as founder ploughing right. RSC 117.
(2 examples) RIC 274
Sear 1563Octavian Denarius. 29-27 BC. IMP below helmeted head of Mars right / CAESAR around rim of circular shield on top of sword and spear in saltire. RSC 44.
(4 examples) RIC 275a Octavian Denarius. CAESAR COS VI, head right, lituus behind / AEGYPTO CAPTA, Crocodile right. BMC 650.
Text Image RIC 276
Sear 1568Octavian AR Quinarius. Uncertain Italian or Asian mint, 29-27 BC. CAESAR IMP VII, bare head right / ASIA RECEPTA, Victory standing left on cista mystica between two serpents erect. BMCRE 647, RSC 14. (2 examples) RIC 476
Sear 1533Octavian AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus. 28-20 BC. IMP CAESAR DIVI F COS VI LIBERTATIS• P R VINDEX •, laureate head right / PAX, Pax standing left holding caduceus, serpent arising from cista mystica to right, all within laurel wreath. RPC 2203, RSC 218.
(Examples) RIC 534
Sear 1554Octavian Denarius. Cyrenaica, provincial governor L Pinarius Scarpus, ca 31–29 BC. IMP. CAESARI above, SCARPVS. IMP below, open right hand reaching left / DIVI. F on right, AVG. PONT on left, Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath. Cr546/6, Syd 1282, RSC 500. (One example) RIC 543a
Sear 1546Octavian Denarius. Spanish mint, ca 31-29 BC. Bare head right / IMP CAESAR DIVI F, Spanish shield. (One example) RIC 545
Sear 1565Octavian Denarius. Uncertain Eastern Mint (Ephesus? Paphos?), 28-27 BC. CAESAR DIVI F COS VI, bare head right / AEGYPTO CAPTA, crocodile right. RSC 4. (3 examples) Sear 1573 Octavian and Marc Antony AR Denarius. Military Mint probably in Gaul, late 40 - early 39 BC. CAESAR IMP, bare head of Octavian right / ANTONIVS IMP, winged caduceus. Crawford 529/2c; Sear #1573; VanMeter 8. Text Image Syd 1318
Sear 1534Octavian AR Denarius. Minted 43 BC in Gaul. C CAESAR IMP, bare head of Octavian right / Horseman as peacemaker left, right hand raised, SC in ex. Cr490/1, Syd 1318, BMC 81.
Text Image Syd 1321
Sear 1525Octavian and Julius Caesar AV Aureus. Minted 43 BC in Gaul. C CAESAR COS PONT AVG, bare head of Octavian right / C CAESAR D[ICT P]ERP PONT MAX, laureate head of Caesar right. Cr490/2, Syd 1321. (One example) Italy
Syd 1322 varOctavian, AR denarius, 42 BC. Mobile mint in Italy. 3.57 g. CAESAR III VIR R P C, head of Octavian right / CAESA[R DI]C PER inscribed on the front of a curule chair with wreath on the seat. Cr. 497/2b var (config. of obv. legend); Syd. 1322 var (ditto); BMC II (Gaul) 76 var (ditto); Julia 89 var (ditto). Text Image Copia (Lyons)
RPC 515Octavian and Julius Caesar. AE Dupondius, Lyons (as Copia), ca 36 BC, 20.4 g. IMP CAESAR DIVI F DIVI IVLI, laureate head of Julius Caesar left and bare headed head of Octavian right, palm branch between them. / Prow right, decorated by dolphin; globe and meta above, COPIA below. RPC 515; Giard, Lyon 7; SNG Fitz 207; SNG Cop 690. Text Image RPC 515 (2) Octavian and Julius Caesar AE Dupondius(?). Lyons (as Copia) mint, 36 BC. IMP CAESAR DIVI F DIVI IVLI, laureate head of Julius Caesar back to back with bare head of Octavian; palm branch between / COPIA in exergue, prow of galley right; globe (or prize crown) and meta above. SNG Cop 689.
Text Image Vienne
RPC 517Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar AE32 Dupondius of Vienne, Gaul. CAESAR. below, DIVI IVLI on left, DIVI.F on right, bare heads of Julius and Octavian facing outward / C.I.V above galley right, with elaborate superstructure and mast. RPC I 517; SGI 149. Text
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RPC 518Octavian AE 30mm of Narbo, Gaul. c 40 BC. CAESAR, Bare head right / Prow of galley right. RPC 518; SNG Cop 705-707 (under "Uncertain"). Text Image Arausio
RPC 533Octavian and Agrippa. AE Dupondius, Arausio, Gaul, ca 30-29 BC, 18.8 g. IMP DIVI F above and beneath bare head of Agrippa left and bare head of Octavian right. / Prow right; medallion containing a ram's head above. RPC 533; Sear, Imperators 503. Text Image Italy
RPC 620Octavian and Divus Julius Caesar AE Dupondius. Italian mint, ca 38 BC. DIVI F CAESAR, bare head of Octavian right / DIVOS IVLIVS, head of Julius Caesar right. Crawford 535/1; Sydenham 1335; RPC I 620.
Text Image Italy
RPC 621Octavian. AE Sestertius, Circa 38 BC. Uncertain mint in Italy. 30 mm, 15.78 g. DIVI F, bare head right, star in lower right field. / DIVOS IVLIVS in two lines within wreath. RPC I 621; Crawford 535/2; Sear Imp 309; BMCRR (Gaul) 108; Sydenham 1336; Cohen 95. Text Image Thessalonica
RPC 1551Mark Antony and Octavian (triumvirs). Leaded bronze dupondius (16.20 g. Thessalonica, Macedonia, 37 BC. ΘEΣΣAΛONIKEΩN EΛEYΘEΡIAΣ, head of Eleutheria right / M ANT AYT Γ KAI AYT, Nike standing left. RPC 1551.
Text Image Ephesos
RPC 2572Octavian, Antony and Lepidus AE 18mm of Ephesos. c 43 BC. Bare conjoined heads of Octavian, Antony and Lepidus right. / AΡXIEΡEYΣ ΓΡAM ΓΛAYKΩN EΦE ΘEONATAΣ across fields, cult image of Artemis Ephesia facing. RPC I 2572; Imhoof KM 47; Vienna 31878. Text Image Ephesos
RPC
2572AOctavian, Lepidus and Mark Antony, AE16 of
Ephesos, Ionia. Magistrates Glaukon and Polemaios. 6.4 g.
Jugate bare heads of Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus
right. / AΡXIEΡEYΣ ΓΡAM
ΓΛAYKΩN EΦE
ΠOΛEMAIOΣ above and in five lines to left
and right of cult image of Artemis Ephesia facing, with
supports. Paris 2013-494; RPC 2572A. Text Image Ephesos
RPC 2573Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus, AE of Ephesus, Ionia. 43 BC. 5.39 g. Heads of the triumvirs, Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus, right / AΡCIEΡEVΣ ΓΡAM ΓΛAVYKΩN EΦE MAZAΣ, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing. RPC 2573. Text Image Chalkis
RPC 4774Octavian AE19 of Chalkis, Syria. 32-31 BC. NE Λ BΠΣ, Bare head of Octavian right / ZENOΔOΡOY TETΡAΡXOY KAI AΡXHΡEΩΣ, Bare head of Zenodoros left. RPC 4774; Sear Greece 5899; Paris 9-10; Sofaer 46-51. Text Image Text Image Chalkis
RPC 4775Octavian and Zenodorus, AE21, Chalkis, Syria. 32-24 BC. 5.57 g, Dated local year 87, 26-25 BC. NE KAI and date L ZΠ, bare head of Octavian right. / ZHNOΔOΡOY TETΡAΡXOY KAI AΡCHΡEΩΣ, bare head of Zenodoros left. RPC I 4775; SNG Copenhagen 417; BMC 7; Laffaille 564; Sear Greece 5899. Text Image Chalkis
RPC 4775
cm Howgego 659Octavian and Zenodorus AE21 of Chalkis sub Libano, Syria. Countermark of Quintillus Varus. 6.30 g. L ZNΠ NE KAI, bare head of Octavian right, countermark VAR monogram. / ZENOΔOΡOY TETΡAΡXOY KAI AΡXHΡEΩΣ, bare head of Zenodorus left. RPC 4775; BMC 7; Sear 5899; SNG Cop. 417. Countermark Howgego 659. Text Image Damascus
RPC 4786Octavian AE 18mm of Damascus. Bare head right / Tyche seated left on rock, holding cornucopiae, right arm extended; river-god swimming below. Lindgren III 1252.
Text Image WildWinds' Index of Roman Imperial Coinage of Augustus
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