RPC I, 526c


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Coin type
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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
Edition	Imp(erator) Divi f(ilius) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation	Emperor, son of the divine, father of the fatherland
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	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	27 mm
Average weight	16.49 g
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)

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Specimens of this coin type

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: 2839 (ex de Luynes)	P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 182, no. 9	27	20.22	12	48 mm with the leg, 27 mm without it	Show
2	2	B: 18215540, 1860/21530	P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 182, no. 10	27	19.39	12	49 mm with the leg	Show
4	4	P: 2818 (ex de Saulcy)	P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 182, no. 8	27	14.60	12	48 mm with the leg	Show
30	30	C: CM.G.298-R	P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 182, no. 11 and p. 183, fig. 1	27	12.37	12	34 mm with the leg (broken)	Show
31	31		Private coll. (ex Marquis de Valfons) = P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 182, no. 13	27		12	45 mm with the leg	Show
32	32	Avignon	P. Villemur, M. Blet-Lemarquand, D. Baux p. 183, no. 20	28		11	47 mm with the leg	Show
33	33	Cop	SNG 702	26	15.87	11	a cast specimen, from the same mould as Saint Germain MAN 122, Nîmes 2014-0-475 and Nîmes 2014-0-474.	Show