| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 567 Price realized: 180 GBP (Approx. 227 USD / 210 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus and Agrippa Æ As of Nemausus, Gaul. Circa 10 BC-AD 10. Back to back laureate and rostral crowned head of Agrippa to left and head of Augustus to right, wearing oak wreath; IMP above, DIVI F below / Crocodile to right, chained to palm tree behind, wreath above; COL-NE[M] across fields. RPC I 524; RIC I 158; AMC 425. 9.50g, 25mm, 3h. Very Fine. From the Mark Davis Collection, collector's ticket included; Ex Vitangelo Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 84, 16 June 2021, lot 1104, collector's ticket included. This artistically fascinating and typologically unique issue refers directly to the victory of Octavian (as was) and Agrippa at Actium over the forces of Cleopatra VII and Marc Antony, and to the settlement of veterans in Nemausus. The crocodile, collared around the neck and chained to a palm on the reverse of this coin is a clear reference to the subjugation of Egypt, thus obliquely referring also to Antony and Cleopatra; the wreath above with ties fluttering in the breeze is a reminder that the war was both just and necessary, with the victory having brought about the deliverance and salvation of the Roman people and the state. It is noteworthy also that the portraits of Agrippa and Augustus on the obverse are presented on the same level and back to back, at once recalling the ancient Janiform types once so prevalent on the Roman coinage, and also presenting princeps and general as inseparable and heroic partners - the one adorned with a wreath of laurel, the other with a rostral wreath in recognition for his naval victories. Estimate: 60 GBP |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1081 Price realized: 850 GBP (Approx. 1,057 USD / 989 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus and Agrippa Æ As of Nemausus, Gaul. AD 10-14. Head of Agrippa to left, wearing rostral crown combined with laureate crown, back to back with laureate head of Augustus to right; IMP above, DIVI F below, P-P across fields / Chained crocodile to right, palm frond upwards in centre, wreath to left of palm tip with long ties trailing to right; COL NEM across fields. RIC I 159; RPC I 525; SNG Copenhagen 700-1. 12.83g, 26mm, 9h. Near Extremely Fine; minor adjustment marks, attractive dark green patina. Ex Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd, Auction 129, 29 March 2022, lot 3388, ticket included; Ex Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd, Auction 122, 19 November 2019, lot 3189; Ex Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd, Auction 98, 22 November 2011, lot 5283; Privately purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, August 2006 (inventory #773913), ticket included; Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 128, 22 May 2006, lot 225. Estimate: 400 GBP |  |
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| Portuscalle Numismatica > December 2023 Auction | Auction date: 10 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 170 Price realized: 90 EUR (Approx. 98 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Roman Empire Augustus 27 BC – 14 AD. GAUL. Nemausus. Augustus, with Agrippa. AE As 12.63 g. IMP DIVI F, Back to back heads of Agrippa left, wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath, and Augustus right, bare-headed / COL NEM, Crocodile right chained to palm branch; wreath with long ties above, palms below. RPC I 522. VF. Starting price: 80 EUR |  |
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| Myntauktioner i Sverige AB > Auction 44 | Auction date: 27 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 525 Price realized: 1,700 SEK (Approx. 155 USD / 145 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ROMAN COINS / Roman Empire . AUGUSTUS AND AGRIPPA (Nemausus, after 10 B.C.). AE dupondius. IMP DIVI F, heads, back to back of Augustus right, laureate, and Agrippa left, wearing rustal crown)(COL NEM, crocodile right, chained by palm, wreath with long ties above, two palms below. SR1 1730. 12,72 g. Grade: 1/1+)(1 (F/VF)(F) ROMAN COINS / Roman Empire . Starting price: 800 SEK |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 334 Price realized: 440 GBP (Approx. 557 USD / 513 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus Æ As of uncertain mint, North-Western(?) Hispania. Circa 27-23 BC. IMP AVG DIVI F, bare head to left; palm to left, winged caduceus to right / Celt-Iberian shield. RPC I 3 (same dies as illustration); ACIP 3301 (same dies); Vives 118-2; SNG Copenhagen 413. 10.76g, 25mm. Near Extremely Fine; highly attractive patina. Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Live Auction 1, 25 July 2018, lot 363 (hammer: £800). It is possible that the coinage listed in RPC under the title of 'uncertain mint' in north-western Hispania was actually a Roman Imperial coinage similar to that which the legate Publius Carisius struck in Emerita during the Cantabrian War (29-19 BC), with which this coin shares similarities in style and obverse titulature. The lack of identification with a city or dynast (besides Augustus) strengthens the case that this coin is a military issue commemorating the war and displaying a shield of the enemy on the reverse. The Cantabri fought off the Romans with guerrilla tactics and skill with light armour, requiring the strength of eight legions and auxiliary troops to finally be defeated. Augustus himself began the campaign from Segisama in 26 BC but was forced to retire due to ill-health, leaving his legates Caius Antistius Vetus and Publius Carisius to finish the job. Estimate: 500 GBP |  |
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| Tauler & Fau > Auction 137 | Auction date: 18 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 2730 Price realized: 100 EUR (Approx. 109 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Augustus and Agrippa. Unit. 10 a.C. - 10 d.C. Nemausus, Gaul. (Ric-I 158). (Rpc-I 524). (AMC-425). Anv.: Back to back laureate and rostral crowned head of Agrippa to left and head of Augustus to right, wearing oak wreath; (IMP) above, DIVI F below. Rev.: Crocodile to right, chained to palm tree behind, wreath above; COL-NEM across fields. Ae. 13,63 g. Choice VF/VF. Est...150,00. Spanish Description: Augusto y Agripa. As. 10 a.C. - 10 d.C. Nemausus, Galia. (Ric-I 158). (Rpc-I 524). (AMC-425). Anv.: Espalda con Espalda las cabezas laureada y con corona rostral de Agrippa a la izquierda, a la derecha la cabeza de Augusto con corona de roble; (IMP) arriba, DIVI F abajo. Rev.: Cocodrilo a la derecha, encadenado a una palmera detrás, arriba corona; COL-NEM en los campos. Ae. 13,63 g. MBC+/MBC. Est...150,00. |  |
