coin
- Museum number
- R.6169
- Description
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Silver coin. (whole)
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Head of Octavian, laureate, right. (obverse)
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Rostral column, surmounted by cloaked figure (of Octavian?), holding spear in right hand and parazonium in left. (reverse)
- Production date
- 29BC-27BC
- Dimensions
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Die-axis: 9 o'clock
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Weight: 3.56 grammes
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The monument depicted on the coin is a statue of Octavian on a column decorated with prows (rostra) of enemy ships. The monument was erected in the Roman Forum to commemorate the naval victory over Sextus Pompeius. Thus, the column, and by extension the image on the coin, likened the civil war victory to one over a foreign enemy.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1913
- Acquisition notes
- Ex-duplicates, not previously registered.
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- R.6169
- C&M catalogue number
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RE1 (103) (636)
