Octavius

Dupondius of Trajan with him on horseback spearing a fallen Dacian. next , a sestertius of Trajan....

several wide-flan coins... Justinian I , Nicomedia mint. "wide" Nero denarius Antoninianus of Elagabalus Denarius of Augustus with quadriga on triumphal arch wide flan denarius of Augustus with Victory on globe, holding wreath.

Here are two recent denarii acquisitions of Octavian Caesar Augustus... Grade: Good very fine | Abbreviations Catalog: RIC I 252. Material: Silver Weight: 3.65 g Diameter: 20.56 mm Uncertain Italian mint, possibly Rome. Bare head right / Pax, draped, standing facing, head left, holding olive branch in right hand and cornucopia in left; CAESAR down left, DIVI • F up right. Cabinet tone. A well centered and well struck example. from DVIN , Switzerland Denarius of Augustus with Capricorn reverse from Harlan Berk this last one is a neat denarius because it displays his advertising for all to know that he is the heir and adopted son of Julius Caesar. It portrays Octavius (now C. Iulius Caesar Octavianus), with a beard denoting that he is in mourning for the assassination of his deified adoptive father.

denarius of Titus with wreath on curule chair. next - his Dad.

Husband of Domitia. next, his brother...

Here are a few of my favorite of the Severans.... Caracalla. His appearance matches his reputation...

Here are four more pellets on this RR Aes Grave Triens... next, coin with three pellets...

Several silvered 3rd century Antoniniani... 1. nicely silvered Valerian some remnants of silvering are still retained in this Ant. of Tacitus (mostly reverse and in devices). a little more silvering in this one of Tacitus... a nice , fully silvered Diocletian - this one probably never got to circulate much at all... silvered Probus Adventus Ant.... Gallienus... and another Gallienus/Virtus with full silvering.

Ae Cales with Rooster reverse. next , another coin from Campania. disregard --- way too late.

I'm going to go with Steve's "just a brown coin" and post a sestertius of Trebonianus Gallus - good old T-bone from Augusta Perusia. next, another Treb. Gallus...

Antoninianus of Pupienus. I have to work on getting a Balbinus.

That is really something! I'm happy for you.

Several teenagers with incredible power; their accomplishments proving once more that "youth is wasted on the young". 1. denarius of Geta 2. another denarius of Geta incorporated into a silver 19th century pill box. 3. Antoninianus of Herennius Etruscus. 4. Antoninianus of Hostillian. 5. Antoninianus of Elagabalus. 6. Aureus of a very young Nero.

I seem to identify with the stoic philosophy. One of my favorite lines in Latin was from Seneca, "Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt" or "the fates lead the willing and drag the resisting". There are no coins of Seneca , and his student Nero certainly was not very receptive to his teachings. But we do have a great leader who was - Marcus Aurelius. His Meditations are relevant to this day.

Denarius of Augustus with crocodile Aegypto Capta reverse. next, a bronze crocodile...

For a "fun" looking coin - well, the reverse of this sestertius of Caligula looks like it could be a lot of "fun". At least it was a lot of fun for Caligula with his sisters if you can believe Suetonius! next , a coin of Caligula (who probably would not be a whole lot of fun).

Claudius is one of my favorite emperors - second only to Nero. I would highly recommend the old classics by Robert Graves, I Claudius , and Claudius The God, for anyone interested in Claudius or any of the Julio-Claudians for that matter. It is a great way to learn who's who and how they all are related to each other. Here is a selection of several of his denominations... aureus announcing his successor Nero Denarius with Praetorian camp Two of his sestertii Dupondius with Ceres reverse Three different types of his asses...

My Aes Grave sea-themed coins ... Frog from Tuder - modern Todi, and Dolphin from Rome... ; sea turtle from Rome , and Neptune King of the Sea.

Wow! that's a magnificent looking coin.

I don't know much about this period, but I do have a few Justinian I 's...

1. dealers who do not state a coin has been tooled. 2. dealers who use the word "enhanced" rather than "mutilated" or tooled.

Incredibly beautiful. It's a work of art in itself.

RR anonymous c. 211 BCE, denarius , Roma / dioscuri...

Trying to throw out as much bull as possible . Looks like I'm just full of bulls tonight! 1. RR Ae quadrans 2. Ae Teanum c. 225 BC / bull with victory above. 3. Julian II maiorina / bull reverse ... 4. Ae as , Caracalla with Luna in biga of bulls... 5. Ar denarius of Caesar Augustus with charging bull 6. Aes Grave , semis of bull / wheel.

your coin looks good to me. Back of head, shape of nose, and lettering all look characteristically like Otho.