coin circulation

The Ptolemaic kings of Egypt struck many series of coins, mainly in Alexandria but also in various mints scattered inforeign possessions, such as Coele Syria and Cyprus.

In 30 BC, after the death of Cleopatra and Marc Antony, Cyprus fell under the direct control of Octavian. But in 22 BC, Augustus ceded the island to the Senate to be governed by proconsuls of praetorian status ...