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Octavian (27 BC-AD 14), Denarius, 28-27 BC, uncertain mint, bare head right, rev. aegypto capta divided by crocodile to right, 3.19g (RIC 545; BMC 653; Sear 1565). Fine and clear, very rare (£400-600)

The type celebrates the conquest of the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt in August 30 BC, the event which removed the last obstacle to Octavian’s achievement of supreme power in the Roman world