Are we tired of Nemausus dupondii yet?

It sure is a nice crocodile.
As a side note JA, I couldn't do the job of being a coin dealer : so many coins I like that I simply wouldn't want to part with....

Q

 

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Eh, you know. Same thing as fishing - catch and release.

 

Sweet addition, JA ... it has a bit more croc-snout than my humble example (congrats)

 

I found a nice upgrade this month and it should arrive next week . If I hadn't just found one, I'd be very tempted to buy JA's, assuming he is eventually selling it.

There's a reason so many of us have these Nemausus dupondii-- they're fantastic bits of history and have a very interesting design!

 

This late PP example (same as JA's) is very unevenly struck and worn but shows the snout side on flan and how the tip runs into the dotted border. On that series you just are not going to get clearance on the snout like you might on the earlier types that did not have PP on the obverse.

 

A great coin John. I particularly love the two portraits.

 

Here is my sweet ol' snout-less PP version ... go get 'em, Scrappy!!

 

I don't release fishes, I eat them

Q

 

Ditto on Fishes!

 

As people seem liking to see them, again and again (we are not tired of Nemausus dupondii, yet....) here are mine



Augustus & Agrippa, AE Dupondius struck in Nemausus, after 10 AD
4th type
IMP DIVI F PP, Laureate heads of Augustus and Agrippa back to back
COL NEM, Crocodile chained to palm tree
12.84 gr
Ref : RCV #1731, Cohen #8



Augustus & Agrippa, AE halved dupondius struck in Nemausus, after 10 BC
3rd type
[IM]P [DI]VI F , Laureate head of Augustus right
[COL NEM], Crocodile chained to palm tree
6.70 gr
Ref : RCV #1730, Cohen # 10

Oh ! and the offer would have to be really ridiculous for me to consider any release

Q

 

Each ?
Maybe we can have a conversation JA !

Q

 

You have to love a high grade half with the hole croc. Who has the other half with no croc at all?