RIC I (second edition) Augustus 154

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

20 BC–10 BC

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Maker / issuer

Nemausus (ancient mint)

Dupondius in bronze struck at Nemausus under Augustus, 20 BC–10 BC, catalogued as RIC I (second edition) Augustus 154. Obverse: Heads of Agrippa (left) and Augustus (right) back to back, Agrippa wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath and Augustus is bare-headed. Reverse: Crocodile chained to palm-shoot with long vertical fronds and tip left: above on left a wreath with long ties. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.

Physical characteristics

Material: Bronze
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Dupondius

Technical characteristics

Mint: Nemausus
Issuing authority: Augustus

Design

Obverse type: Heads of Agrippa (left) and Augustus (right) back to back, Agrippa wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath and Augustus is bare-headed
Reverse type: Crocodile chained to palm-shoot with long vertical fronds and tip left: above on left a wreath with long ties
Obverse legend: IMP DIVI F
Reverse legend: COL NEM

Identification

Type corpus record: https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.154
Catalogue reference: RIC I (second edition) Augustus 154
Type corpus identifier: ric.1(2).aug.154

Catalogue references

Research required

Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
Diameter and die axis not transcribed
Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
No rights-cleared photograph identified yet

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