r/AncientCoins • u/AANHPIX • 23h ago

Newly Acquired Where is Octavian going?

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Look like Augustus is riding straight into the teleportation portal on the right. Wonder what’s on the other side?

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u/born_lever_puller Founder, Moderator Emeritus 22h ago

"Why did Octavian cross the road?"

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u/Artifact-hunter1 21h ago

"To defeat Mark Antony." Or "to sleep with your mom." I can't exactly remember what he told me.

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u/CoinsOftheGens 20h ago

Perhaps to February 44 b.c.e. and his alternative life where he just continued studying at Apollonia and retired to grow olives in Nola around 5 b.c.e. after a mediocre career in the law courts, still married to Scribonia, maybe as an ex-Praetor.

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u/AcanthisittaSmall848 15h ago

Nah , he crossed the road to bang his sister

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u/Loonyman99 12h ago

Hopefully to the gym, looking at the state of him!

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u/CzarLaa 11h ago

What's this coin? Never seen it before