Lot description:
Augustus, with Agrippa, 27 BC-AD 14. Dupondius (Orichalcum, 27 mm, 11.00 g, 1 h), Nemausus, circa 10-14. IMP / P - P / DIVI F Heads of Agrippa, on the left, wearing rostral crown combined with laurel wreath, and of Augustus, on the right, wearing oak-wreath, back to back. Rev. COL - NEM Crocodile standing to right, chained to large palm; below, two short palm fronds; above palm-tip, wreath with long ties. Cohen 8. RIC 159-61. RPC I 525. Attractive dark green patina. Struck slightly off center and with minor spots of corrosion, otherwise, very fine.
From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex WAG 62, 17 September 2012, 587 and Triton XIV, 4 January 2011, 621.
Starting price: 100 CHF | |