Egypt. Alexandria. Augustus, 27 BC-14. 80 Drachmai - Diobol (Bronze, 26.60 mm, 17.36 g). 1st series, struck circa 30-28 BC. ΘΕΟΥ ΥΙΟ[Υ] Bare head right. Rev. ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ [ΑΥΤΟ]ΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ 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 CNG Mail Bid Sale XXV, 24.03.1993, lot 910. Rare coin dating from the first period of Augustus' Alexandrian coinage following the conquest of Egypt, modelled on Cleopatra's VII last mintage (51-30 BC). Augustus in Egypt was considered a ruler of pharaonic dignity, i.e. of divine origin, as is also indicated on the overse legend 'son of the divine (Julius Caesar)', compatible however with the 'Divi Filius' expressed in the Empire Latin area at the decline of Republican Rome.