RPC I, 526a

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 526a
Province Gallia Narbonensis
Region Gaul
City Nemausus
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Agrippa ; Augustus
Dating c. 16/15 (?)/10 BC
Obverse inscription IMP DIVI F
Edition Imperator Divi filius Imp(erator) Divi f(ilius)
Translation Emperor, son of the divine
Obverse design inscription above and below heads of Agrippa to left and Augustus to right back to back; Agrippa wears a rostral crown combined with a laurel wreath; Augustus wears a laurel wreath
Reverse inscription COL NEM
Edition colonia Nemausus col(onia) Nem(ausus)
Translation colony of Nemausus
Reverse design inscription to left and right of a palm to which a crocodile is chained; above palm, wreath with long ties
Metal bronze
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 17.00 g
Axis 3, 10, 11, 12
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note On these ‘coins’ in the form of a pig’s leg, see now P. Villemur and M. Blet-Lemarquand, “Les médailles [de Nîmes] dites pieds de sanglier”. Nouveau regard, nouvelle analyse, in: L. Bricault et al. (ed.), Rome et les provinces. Monnayage et histoire.Mélanges offerts à Michel Amandry, Numismatica Anatolica 7, Bordeaux, 2017, pp. 133-49 with an updated catalogue of all known pieces (authentic and casted) and metal analysis by FNAA of 3 of them. See also P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux, Les dupondii de Nîmes « à la patte de sanglier ». Nouvelles analyses métalliques et conclusion, BSFN 74/06, June 2019, pp. 181-6.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Nimes: 2016-0-1169 P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 182, no. 2
2 2     Nimes: 2016-0-1170 P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 182, no. 4
3 3     ✸ Grenoble Rémy et al. 1998, no. 238 and Pl. XXIV
4 4     Colmar P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 182, no. 1 = P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 182, no. 3
5 5     Private coll.