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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2317975, member: 56859&quot;]Sometimes patience is not my forte.&nbsp; This is a good example.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been wanting this type of coin-- the first issue of Roman Egypt-- for a year or two.&nbsp; During that time I missed a couple of better examples due to bidding on other coins.&nbsp; This coin is awful, one of the worst I&#039;ve seen-- but they are hard to come by in any condition and the price was not unreasonable.&nbsp; It was my last purchase of 2015 but didn&#039;t get photographed until today because I&#039;ve been away from home for the last two and a half weeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite its condition, it is not unloved <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, although it will be upgraded when the opportunity presents itself.&nbsp; &nbsp; This is an interesting and historic coin, incorporating icongraphy from the Ptolemaic era.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has now been soaked in Verdicare and will be inspected regularly for occurrence (or recurrence, more likely) of bronze disease.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]468030[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Augustus</b></p><p>80 drachmai (diobol); 26 mm, 14.2 gm</p><p>First series, struck circa 30-28 BC</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; bare head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 1; RPC I 5001</p><p><br /></p><p>A blurb about the type from CNG:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The first coinage of the new province of Egypt was a direct copy of the bronze coinage of Cleopatra, the last Ptolemaic ruler, with the portrait of Augustus replacing the Queen’s. Egypt, wealthy and a vital source of grain for the empire, was to be never allowed again as a potential leaping-off point for a rival emperor. The new province was held under tight control by the emperor. Its governor was to be an equestrian prefect answerable to Augustus, with a legion under his direct command. The Senate would have no say in the administration of the province, and in fact, senators were forbidden to travel there without permission.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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