RIC I (second edition) Augustus 157

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

20 BC–10 BC

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Maker / issuer

Nemausus (ancient mint)

As in bronze struck at Nemausus under Augustus, 20 BC–10 BC, catalogued as RIC I (second edition) Augustus 157. 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 tip right; 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
As

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 tip right; 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.157
Catalogue reference
RIC I (second edition) Augustus 157
Type corpus identifier
ric.1(2).aug.157

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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