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The Collection of Roman Republican Coins of a Student and his Mentor Part III

Octavianus with M. Agrippa. Aureus, mint moving with Octavian 38 BC, AV 8.10 g. IMP·DIVI·IVLI·F· TER·III·VIR·R·P·C Laureate head of Julius Caesar r.; on forehead, star. Rev. M·AGRIPPA·COS / DESIG. B. Julia 130 and Vipsania 2. C 33. Bahrfeldt 99.7 (this coin) and pl. X, 7 (this coin illustrated). Sydenham 1329. Kent-Hirmer pl. 33, 119 (this obverse die). Sear Imperators 305. Calicó 46. RBW –. Crawford 534/1.
Extremely rare, eleven specimens known of which only four are in private hands.
A delightful portrait of the deceased dictator. Light marks on obverse and
an abrasion on reverse, otherwise very fine
Ex Rollin et Feuardent 1887, Ponton d'Amécourt, 22; Rollin et Feuardent 1896, Montagu, 33; Hoffmann 1898, 1082; Tolstoi 1912, 736; Vierordt 1923, 478; Collection Robert Perret, 1958, 65; Vinchon 23.1.2001, 11; NAC 24, 2002, European Nobleman, 6 and NAC 46, 2008, 457 sales. From the William H. Williams collection.Few great leaders in history have had an ally as capable and reliable as Marcus Agrippa (a close second in Roman history is Diocletian's colleague Maximian). In many respects, Agrippa was the brick-and-mortar of Octavian-Augustus' career: not only did he help build it, but he was perpetually relied upon to maintain it, even to the point of creating potential heirs to Augustus' throne through his marriage to Augustus' daughter Julia. On this aureus, struck at a mint moving with Octavian in 38 B.C., the obverse honours Octavian (in the inscription) and the deified father Julius Caesar (in the portrait), while the reverse is entirely devoted to Agrippa. Except for the copper asses struck in Agrippa's name long after his death, and certain provincial coinages (such as the massive issues of Nemausus), there were only two occasions in which Imperial coins were struck for Agrippa. This aureus belongs to the first issue in which three types were struck. Each has the common feature of Agrippa's inscription on the reverse, and their obverses differ in that Julius Caesar is portrayed on the aureus and the head of Octavian or the confronted heads of Caesar and Octavian appear on the denarii. Whilst all three are rare, this aureus is exceptionally rare. The bust of Julius Caesar is decidedly youthful, and far younger in appearance than even the coins struck during his lifetime, which depict an aged man, sometimes almost of buzzard-like appearance. Here Caesar has fallen under the rejuvenating spell of Octavian, who would make a career of his portraits becoming progressively more youthful despite him inevitably growing older.