TYPE Greek Imperial, Augustus, (27 BC - 14 AD), colonial bronze AE23, issued under Rhoemetalkes I of Thrace (11 BC - 12 AD) DESCRIPTION . Obv: Bare head of Augustus to right, Greek legend: KAISAROS SEVASTOU ("of the Augustus Caesar") Rev: Conjoined busts of Rhoemetalkes and his Queen, Greek legend: VASILEOS ROIMETALKOU REFERENCE: SGI 5396 GRADING: AVF / VF, glossy green patina w/ shades of brown ORDER INFO: R3135, $70 Rhoemetalkes was apparently a good ruler, and a loyal ally of Augustus and Rome (which is rather obvious on his coinage). As in many other cases, however, when internal dissent followed his death for some time, Rome did away with native monarchs and turned Thrace into a province of the empire.