TYPE Roman Imperatorial, Octavian (42 - 27 BC), silver denarius, struck 30 - 27 BC DESCRIPTION . Obv: Bare head of Octavian to left, no legend (anepigraphic) Rev: Venus, half-nude, leaning on column, holding helmet and spear, shield at feet, legend CAESAR DIVI.F REFERENCE: RSC 62, RIC 26, VM 14 GRADING: AVF, porosity on obv. and edge of rev., obv. banker's mark and scratch, toned, scarce ORDER INFO: R2593, $295 Despite some old corrosion damage, a decent example of a scarce coin, with an anepigraphic obverse featuring a rather nice and presumably still realistic portrait of the young triumvir - here still in his early thirties, and as contrasted to the later idealized portraiture of what was in reality a much maturer man. Nicely styled and delicate reverse image of Venus.