1986.504.5: Coin of Octavian, Uncertain Mint, Italy
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1986.504.5
- People
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Issued by Octavian, Roman (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE)
C. Julius Caesar, Roman (r. 59-44 BCE)
- Title
- Coin of Octavian, Uncertain Mint, Italy
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 38 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Uncertain Mint
- Period
- Roman Republican period
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/175801
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 17.34 g
- Die Axis
- 1
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: CAESAR DIVI F
- Reverse Inscription: DIVOS IVLIVS
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- RPC 620; RRC 535/1
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1986
- Object Number
- 1986.504.5
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bare head of Octavian r.; before, downwards, CAESAR; behind, downwards; DIVI.F.
Rev.: Laureate head of Julius Caesar r.; before, downwards, [DIVOS]; behind, downwards; IVLIVS.
Verification Level
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