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poliphilo Damian found a Roman coin while digging foundations somewhere in the Eastbourne area.
We researched it for him.
It's a silver denarius, minted by Octavian to commemorate his naval victory over Mark Antony at Actium in 31 BC. For further details consult Shakespeare W. "Antony and Cleopatra"
On the one side we have a male figure representing Octavian himself, with his foot on the terrestrial globe. In one hand he holds a staff of office and in the other an object I took to be a whip or flail but is apparently the stern post of a war galley. The inscription reads "Ceas. divi. f"- which translates as "Son of the Divine Caesar".
And if Caesar is a god what does that make his son? Octavian lets you work that one out for yourself.....
On the other side appears the bust of a winged female who is variously identified as Victoria (Victory) or Pax (Peace).
The coin was struck sometime between 31 and 27 BC- after which Octavian was no longer Octavian but Caesar Augustus, first Emperor of Rome.
We researched it for him.
It's a silver denarius, minted by Octavian to commemorate his naval victory over Mark Antony at Actium in 31 BC. For further details consult Shakespeare W. "Antony and Cleopatra"
On the one side we have a male figure representing Octavian himself, with his foot on the terrestrial globe. In one hand he holds a staff of office and in the other an object I took to be a whip or flail but is apparently the stern post of a war galley. The inscription reads "Ceas. divi. f"- which translates as "Son of the Divine Caesar".
And if Caesar is a god what does that make his son? Octavian lets you work that one out for yourself.....
On the other side appears the bust of a winged female who is variously identified as Victoria (Victory) or Pax (Peace).
The coin was struck sometime between 31 and 27 BC- after which Octavian was no longer Octavian but Caesar Augustus, first Emperor of Rome.
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