Denarius of Octavius

Place of OriginRome

Dateabout 36 BCE

DimensionsDiam.: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)

MediumCoin; die-stamped silver.

ClassificationMetalwork

Credit LineGift of Carl B. Spitzer

Object number

1934.36

Not on View

DescriptionObverse: Head of Octavius, facing right, bare. Reverse: Altar and temple of Caesar.

Published References

Mattingly, Harold, Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, London, 1965, vol. II, p. 580.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Nash, Ernest, A Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London, 1961, vol. I, p. 512 (The foundations of the Temple of Diuus Julius still remains. Its erection was decreed in 42 BC, and Augustus dedicated the building in 29 BC).