A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ...

B.C. 100-1. 119
"who, in command of a numerous fleet, had established
his head-quarters in Sicily, whence he carried on war by
sea against the triumvirs. He had been appointed jpras-
fectus classis et orse maritimse by the senate in B.C. 44.
28. Eome. M. Obv. Head of Ceres. Bev. L . MVSSIDI(u8)
LONGVS, within a wreath of corn. Wt. 124-4 grs.
Struck in B.C. 39, by L. Mussidius Longus, one of the
quatuorviri monetales.
29. Eome. Af. 06?;. HeadofOctavianus. i2etj. CAESAR. DIVI. F.
Victory, in biga. Wt. 119'2 grs.
Struck B.C. 36-29.
30. Rome. -5J. Obv. Head of Octavianus, laureate. Eev. IMP
CAESAR. Statue of Octavianus, on rostral column ornamented
with two anchors. Wt. 63*2 grs.
Struck B.C. 29-27.
31. Eome. Af. Obv. Head of Octavianus, bare. Eev. IMP. CAESAR.
Victory on globe, carrying a wreath and a vexillum. Wt. 119'6 grs.
Struck B.C. 29-27.
32. Eome. N. Obv. Head of Augustus, bare. Rev. AVGVSTVS.
Capricorn, with cornucopias, rudder, and globe. Wt. 115 grs.
The Capricorn was chosen as a badge by Augustus,
because he was born on September 23, the day on which
the sun enters that sign. This coin was struck between
B.C. 27 and 25.
33. Eome. N. Obv. S.P.Q.R.IMP. CAESAR!. Head of
Augustus, bare. Rev. QVOD VIAE MVN(itae) SVNT. The
emperor and Victory in a biga of elephants, upon a triumphal
arch, placed on a viaduct. Wt. 120*8 grs.
Struck B.C. VI. The type alludes to the restoration of
the Via Flaminia.
34. Eome. N. Obv. CAESAR. Head of Caius Caesar, the grandson
of Augustus, within an oak-wreath. Rev. AVGVSTI. Large
candelabrum, within a wreath. Wt. 122-8 grs.
Struck in B.C. 17, the year in which Caius and Lucius
were adopted by Augustus.
35. Eoman. Af. C&v. AVGVSTVS . DIVI . F. Head of Augustus,
bare. Rev. IMP.X.ACT. Actian Apollo, holding plectrum
and lyre, and clad in long pallium. Wt. 122 grs.
This coin was struck B.C. 14-12, probably in Gaul.