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Contributor: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
Issuer: Gens JULIA. OCTAVIAN. 38 BC. AE Dupondius (12.78 gm).
Obverse: Bare head of Octavian right, bearded, CAESAR downwards before, DIVI F downwards behind.
Reverse: Laureate head of Caesar facing right, DIVOS downward before, IVLVS downwards behind.
Reference: Crawford 535/1; Sear HCRI 308; RPC 620. Grade: near VF.
Comments: For more information, read the "Augustus" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Augustus see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.