RPC I, 526c

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 526c
Province Gallia Narbonensis
Region Gaul
City Nemausus
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Agrippa ; Augustus
Dating c. AD 10/14
Obverse inscription IMP DIVI F P P
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
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 27 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 7 (5 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.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2839 (ex de Luynes) P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 182, no. 9
2 2     B: 18215540, 1860/21530 P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 182, no. 10
4 4     P: 2818 (ex de Saulcy) P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 182, no. 8
30 30     C: CM.G.298-R P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 182, no. 11 and p. 183, fig. 1
31 31     Private coll. (ex Marquis de Valfons) = P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 182, no. 13
32 32     Avignon P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 183, no. 20
33 33     Cop SNG 702