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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Imperators| > |Octavian| > RR79809
Roman Republic, Octavian, Triumvir & Imperator, and Ti. Sempronius Gracchus, Consul Desig., 40 B.C.
|Octavian|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Octavian,| |Triumvir| |&| |Imperator,| |and| |Ti.| |Sempronius| |Gracchus,| |Consul| |Desig.,| |40| |B.C.|, Though Gracchus' coin inscriptions indicate he was quaestor designate, nothing else is known of his life. The standard, aquila, plow and surveyor's rod allude to Octavian's resettlement of some 40,000 retiring veterans after the Battle of Philippi. This type may have been struck to help fund the resettlement.
RR79809. Silver denarius, Crawford 525/2, Sydenham 1127, BMCRR I Rome 4314, Sear CRI 326, RSC I Augustus 523 , F, toned, holed and filled, scratches and marks, Rome mint, weight 3.700g, maximum diameter 19.1mm, die axis 315o, 40 B.C.; obverse DIVI IVLI·F (son of the divine Julius), bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard; reverse TI·SEMPRON (above), GRACCHVS (below), Q DESIG (upward on left), IIII VIR (upward on right), legionary standard and aquila, plow and decempeda (surveyor's rod), S - C (Senatus Consulto) in lower inner field; very rare; SOLD










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