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Egypt. Alexandria. Augustus, 27 BC-14. 80 Drachmai - Diobol (Bronze, 25.80 mm, 18.13 g). 1st series, struck circa 30-28 BC. [Θ]ΕΟΥ [ΥΙΟΥ] Bare head right. Rev. [ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ]ΤΟΡΟΣ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π (= 80) to right. Vogt I, p. 12 and following. Vogt II, p. 1. BMC 2. Dattari 2. Geissen 1. RPC I 5001. Emmett 1. MILNE, Joseph Grafton, The Alexandrian Coinage of Augustus, in "The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology", Vol. XIII, Parts III and IV, pp. 135-140 + Plate XXXI, London, 1927. Very Fine. Ex Busso Peus Nachf. 369, Frankfurt am Main, 31.10.2001, lot 1042. Generic portrait of different mintage and style from the corresponding coin no. 1 in the collection. It presents a splendid olive green patina and is still part of the provisional Ptolemaic coinage pending the issue of the definitive Alexandrian one.

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Egypt. Alexandria. Augustus, 27 BC-14. 80 Drachmai - Diobol (Bronze, 25.80 mm, 18.13 g). 1st series, struck circa 30-28 BC. [Θ]ΕΟΥ [ΥΙΟΥ] Bare head right. Rev. [ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ]ΤΟΡΟΣ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π (= 80) to right. Vogt I, p. 12 and following. Vogt II, p. 1. BMC 2. Dattari 2. Geissen 1. RPC I 5001. Emmett 1. MILNE, Joseph Grafton, The Alexandrian Coinage of Augustus, in "The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology", Vol. XIII, Parts III and IV, pp. 135-140 + Plate XXXI, London, 1927. Very Fine. Ex Busso Peus Nachf. 369, Frankfurt am Main, 31.10.2001, lot 1042. Generic portrait of different mintage and style from the corresponding coin no. 1 in the collection. It presents a splendid olive green patina and is still part of the provisional Ptolemaic coinage pending the issue of the definitive Alexandrian one.