TYPE Greek Imperial, Augustus, (27 BC - 14 AD), colonial bronze AE18, 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"; partial) Rev: Head of Rhoemetalkes r., Greek legend: VASILEOS ROIMETALKOU (mostly there) REFERENCE: SGI 5395 var., LE 914 GRADING: F+ / AVF, black patina ORDER INFO: G1544, $35 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.