Octavian, as Sole Imperator (31-27 BC). AR denarius (20mm, 3.80gm, 5h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, brushed. Italian (Rome?) mint, Autumn 30 BC-Summer 29 BC. Bare head of Octavian right / IMP CAESAR, legend on the architrave of the Curia Julia (Roman Senate House), figure seated between two birds vis-à-vis in pediment, porch supported by four short columns, statue of Victory facing, with wreath in right hand and vexillum in left, on globe surmounting apex of roof, two central paneled doors with three vertical medallions, three windows above, statues of standing figures turned inward, scepter in outer hand and parazonium in inner hand, at the extremities of the architrave. RIC I 266.

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