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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Imperators| > |Octavian| > RR54917
Octavian, Triumvir and Imperator, c. 38 B.C., Julius Caesar Reverse
|Octavian|, |Octavian,| |Triumvir| |and| |Imperator,| |c.| |38| |B.C.,| |Julius| |Caesar| |Reverse|, In 38 B.C., Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus signed the Treaty of Tarentum extending the Second Triumvirate until 33 B.C.

On 17 January 38 B.C., Octavian married Livia while she was pregnant from her recently broken marriage. Octavian gained permission from the College of Pontiffs to wed her while she was still pregnant from another husband. Three months after the wedding she gave birth to her second son, Nero Claudius Drusus. The baby and his elder brother, the four-year-old Tiberius, lived in Octavian's household.

RR54917. Bronze sestertius or dupondius, SRCV I 1569, RPC I 620, Crawford 535/1, Sydenham 1335, BMCRR Gaul 106, aVF, scratches, Italian (Paestum?) mint, weight 22.782g, maximum diameter 33.6mm, die axis 225o, c. 38 B.C.; obverse CAESAR DIVI F, bare head of Octavian right; reverse DIVOS IVLIVS, wreathed head of Julius Caesar right; ex Heritage Numismatics, green patina; very scarce; SOLD










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