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Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.

On the side of the coin on the left is a man's head facing right, short tendrils of curly hair sit atop head; surrounding the left and right borders, the Latin characters: C A E S A R / D I V I / F. The other side of the coin depicts a man's head facing right, short tendrils of curly hair held in place with a laurel wreath; surrounding the left and right borders, the Latin characters: D I V O S / I V L I V S.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.176.57
People
Issued by Octavian, Roman (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE)
Title
Coin of Octavian, Uncertain Mint, Italy
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
c. 38 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Uncertain Mint
Period
Roman Republican period
Culture
Roman Republican
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/181346

Physical Descriptions

Medium
bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
19.58 g
Die Axis
1
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: Before, CAESAR downwards; behind, DIVI.F downwards
  • Reverse Inscription: Before, DIVOS downwards; behind, IVLIVS downwards

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RRC 535/1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.176.57
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Octavian, r.; before, CAESAR; behind, DIVI.F.
Rev.: Wreathed (or laureate) head of the deified Julius Caesar, r.; before, DIVOS; behind, IVLIVS.

Verification Level

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