GAULE - NEMAUSUS Nîmes - Lot 227

Lot n° 227
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GAULE - NEMAUSUS Nîmes - Lot 227
GAULE - NEMAUSUS Nîmes Two heads leaning against each other, Augustus on the right bareheaded and on the left that of Agrippa with the rostral golden crown, the supreme reward for his military exploits. At the top: IMP DIVI F (Imperator Divi Filius - Emperor Son of the Divine). This inscription recalls that Julius Caesar, who had adopted Augustus, had been divinized at his death. R/. Crocodile on the right, chained to a palm tree leaning to the right. The palm tree is decorated with floating strips on the right and two others on the left, and an oak wreath on the left. From its foot grow two offshoots on the left and right. In the field the inscriptions: COL NEM (Colonia Nemausus - Colony of Nîmes). Dupondius (medium bronze) equivalent to two aces struck in year 1 AD. (12,25 g) Multifrappin' on the obverse. Corrosion on the reverse. T.B.
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