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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2622203, member: 56859&quot;]I keep putting off buying some decent coins of Augustus.&nbsp; There always seems to be some other coin that bumps him down the list.&nbsp; One of these days I&#039;ll get a couple of nice denarii, one as Octavian and one as Augustus.&nbsp; There are so many historically notable choices!</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the worst coins in my collection is this Augustus of Roman Egypt.&nbsp; I&#039;d sure like to find a better one.&nbsp; Part of why I bought it is the catalog number (is that a silly reason or what?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />):&nbsp; Emmett 1.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/augustus-80drachmae-emmett1-jpg.468030/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Augustus</b></p><p>80 drachmai (diobol); 26 mm, 14.2 gm</p><p>First series, struck circa 30-28 BC</p><p>Obv: bare head right</p><p>Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right</p><p>Ref: 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;</p><p><br /></p><p>A nicer coin of Augustus, with his trusty lieutenant, Agrippa, commemorating their Old Soldier&#039;s Retirement Community <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nomos-col-nem-rt-jpg.484288/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Augustus &amp; Agrippa</b></p><p>Gaul, Nemausus, c. 10 BCE - CE 10</p><p>AE dupondius</p><p>Obv: IMP/DIVI; heads of Agrippa to left, wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath, and of Augustus to right, wearing oak wreath, back to back</p><p>Rev: COL-NEM; long, vertical palm with crocodile chained below, wreath to left of palm tip with ties trailing to right; two palm fronds below</p><p>Ref: RIC 158; AMC 425; Cohen 10; RPC 524[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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