Browsing Roman Imperatorial Coinage of Octavian

Note	This page lists issues from before 27 BC, when Octavian was proclaimed Augustus. Later issues are listed on the Augustus page.
Cohen 3 Sear 1569	Octavian 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
Cohen 95 Sear 1570	Octavian 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.
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
RSC 5 Sear 1542	Octavianus 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 55 Sear 1536	Octavian. 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.
RSC 90 Sear 1545	Octavian 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.
RSC 91 Sear 1544	Octavian 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.
RSC 94 Sear 1566	Octavian AR Quinarius. Italian mint, 36 BC. IMP CAESAR, galley sailing right / DIVI F, Victory standing left, holding wreath, palm branch and rudder. Syd 1339.
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
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
RSC 227 Sear 1540	Octavian 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.
RSC 248 Sear 1537	Octavian 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.
RSC 443 Sear 1538	Octavian. 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.
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
RSC 514 Sear 1541	Octavian 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.
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
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
RSC 545 Sear 1543	Octavian Denarius. 38 BC. IMP CAESAR DIVI IVLI F, bare head right / AGRIPA COS DESIG in border of dots.
RIC 250a Sear 1547	Octavian 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.
RIC 251 Sear 1548	Octavian Denarius. 32-29 BC. Diademed head of Venus or Pax right / CAESAR DIVI F, Octavian, in military dress, rushing left, holding spear in left hand and raising right hand. RSC 70.
RIC 252 Sear 1551	Octavian 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.
RIC 253 Sear 1549	Octavian 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.
RIC 254b Sear 1552	Octavian 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.
RIC 256 Sear 1553	Octavian, 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.
RIC 257 Sear 1550	Octavian Denarius. Brundisium mint (?), 32-29 BC. Bare head right / CAESAR DIVI F, Mercury seated on rock playing lyre. RSC 61, BMC 597.
RIC 264 Sear 1555	Octavian denarius. Octavian in quadriga right, IMP CAESAR in ex. / Victory right on prow, holding wreath. RSC 115.
RIC 265a Sear 1556	Octavian 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.
RIC 266 Sear 1557	Octavian 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.
RIC 267 Sear 1558	Octavian denarius. Bare head right / Octavian in quadriga facing on triumphal arch for Victory at Actium inscribed IMP CAESAR. RSC 123.
RIC 269a Sear 1561	Octavian Denarius. Uncertain Italian mint, 29-27 BC. Bare head right / IMP CAESAR, Octavian as herm facing on winged thunderbolt. RSC 114.
RIC 270 Sear 1562	Octavian 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.
RIC 271 Sear 1559	Octavian Denarius. 29-27 BC. Laureate bust right / IMP - CAESAR, statue of Octavian on rostral column. RSC 124.
RIC 272 Sear 1560	Octavian, AR denarius, c28 BC. Laureate head of Apollo of Actium right, with features of Octavian / IMP CAESAR, Octavian as founder ploughing right. RSC 117.
RIC 274 Sear 1563	Octavian 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.
RIC 275a	Octavian Denarius. CAESAR COS VI, head right, lituus behind / AEGYPTO CAPTA, Crocodile right. BMC 650.	Text
RIC 276 Sear 1568	Octavian 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.
Ephesos RIC 476 Sear 1533	Octavian 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.
Cyrenaica RIC 534 Sear 1554	Octavian Denarius. Cyrenaica, provincial governor L Pinarius Scarpus, ca 31–29 BC. IMP. CAESARI above, SCARPVS. IMP below, open right hand reaching left / DIVI F AVG-PONT on left, Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath. Cr546/6, Syd 1282, RSC 500.
Spain RIC 543a Sear 1546	Octavian Denarius. Spanish mint, ca 31-29 BC. Bare head right / IMP CAESAR DIVI F, Spanish shield.
Asian mint RIC 545 Sear 1565	Octavian Denarius. Uncertain Eastern Mint (Ephesus? Paphos?), 28-27 BC. CAESAR DIVI F COS VI, bare head right / AEGYPTO CAPTA, crocodile right. RSC 4.
Gaul 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
Gaul Syd 1318 Sear 1534	Octavian 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
Gaul Syd 1321 Sear 1525	Octavian 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.
Italy Syd 1322 var	Octavian, 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
Copia (Lyons) RPC 515	Octavian 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
Lyons 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
Vienne RPC 517	Octavian 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 Text
Narbo RPC 518	Octavian 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
Arausio RPC 533	Octavian 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
Italy RPC 620	Octavian 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
Italy RPC 621	Octavian. 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
Thessalonika RPC 1551	Mark Antony and Octavian (triumvirs). Leaded bronze dupondius (16.20 g. Thessalonika, Macedonia, 37 BC. ΘEΣΣAΛONIKEΩN EΛEYΘEΡIAΣ, head of Eleutheria right / M ANT AYT Γ KAI AYT, Nike standing left. RPC 1551.	Text
Ephesos RPC 2572	Octavian, 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
Ephesos RPC 2572A	Octavian, 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
Ephesos RPC 2573	Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus, AE of Ephesus, Ionia. 43 BC. 5.39 g. Heads of the triumvirs, Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus, right / AΡXIEΡEVΣ ΓΡAM ΓΛAVYKΩN EΦE MAZAΣ, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing. RPC 2573.	Text
Chalkis RPC 4774.1	as below	Text
Chalkis RPC 4774	Octavian 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
Chalkis RPC 4775	Octavian 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
Chalkis RPC 4775 cm Howgego 659	Octavian 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
Damascus RPC 4786	Octavian 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
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