★ Apparently new type of Octavian ★

The Triumvirs. Octavian circa 29-27 BC. Uncertain Italian mint
Denarius AR

20 mm., 3,83 g.

Bust of Venus right, wearing stephane, pendant earring and necklace / IMP CAESAR, rostral column, ornamented with two anchors and six galley rams, and surmounted by a statue of Octavian, holding a spear in his right hand and a parazonium in his left.

very fine, tooled and smoothed

RIC I -; BMCRE -; BMCRR Rome -; RSC -.