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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Wright, post: 7839972, member: 107782&quot;]Two of my Augustan pieces are noteworthy.&nbsp; First is one of Octavian&#039;s early propaganda-pieces.&nbsp; After finally succeeding in cajoling the Senate into deifying Julius, in 38bc Octavian struck this piece -- one side is a portrait of Julius with &quot;Iulius Divos&quot; (Julius the God), and the other side is a portrait of Octavian with &quot;Caesar DiviF&quot; (Caesar, son of the God).&nbsp; The second piece is an Egyptian piece, the successor to the similar coins of Cleopatra 7, Pharaoh of Egypt .&nbsp; It was struck in or shortly after 30bc and heralds &quot;Octavian, Pharaoh of Egypt&quot;.&nbsp; From that point, Egypt became the personal property of the Emperor of Rome.&nbsp; No Senator was allowed to go there without the personal permission of the Emperor. [ATTACH=full]1348451[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1348452[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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