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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 7638577, member: 110226&quot;]I&#039;ve been kind of out of circulation, in a bit of funk, really, mainly due to this business with the US Customs.&nbsp; But, I have reached the point with them that whatever the outcome is, so be it.&nbsp; It&#039;s time to move on.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have acquired some interesting coins recently.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one of them, with a poetic intro:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Behold the crocodile basking in the sun,</i></p><p><i>As he lays on the bank for the next round of fun.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>For he swims and waddles and bides his time,</i></p><p><i>Running down the menu as he plans to dine.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Affable he is not, he really has no friends to win,</i></p><p><i>As he sits and smiles with that wide reptilian grin. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>For some time I have always looked around for a nice example of the AE as of Augustus and Agrippa of Nemausus, Gaul.&nbsp; This coin is quite readily available.&nbsp; Roma seems to have at least one in most of their auctions.&nbsp; Still, it is quite a popular coin, with all sorts of bells and whistles going for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This particular coin is from the Roma E-Sale 82, lot 870.&nbsp; The bidding was pretty stiff, but it is a very satisfactory type coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus and Agrippa Æ As of Nemausus, Gaul. Circa AD 10-14. IMP above, DIVI F below; back to back laureate and rostral crowned head of Agrippa to left and laureate head of Augustus to right, P-P across lower fields / Chained crocodile to right, palm frond upwards in centre, wreath to left of palm tip with long ties trailing to right; COL-NEM across fields. RPC I 525; RIC I 159; SNG Copenhagen 700-1. 12.02g, 26mm, 12h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very Fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the Antonio Carmona Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313699[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s Roma&#039;s note on this issue:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;This artistically fascinating and typologically unique type refers directly to the victory of Octavian (as was) and Agrippa at Actium over the forces of Cleopatra VII and Marc Antony, and to the settlement of veterans in Nemausus. The crocodile, collared around the neck and chained to a palm on the reverse of this coin is a clear reference to the subjugation of Egypt, thus obliquely referring also to Antony and Cleopatra; the wreath above with ties fluttering in the breeze is a reminder that the war was both just and necessary, with the victory having brought about the deliverance and salvation of the Roman people and the state. It is noteworthy also that the portraits of Agrippa and Augustus on the obverse are presented on the same level and back to back, at once recalling the ancient Janiform types once so prevalent on the Roman coinage, and also presenting princeps and general as inseparable and heroic partners - the one adorned with a wreath of laurel, the other with a rostral wreath in recognition for his naval victories.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your crocs with their pearly whites, coins of Augustus, Octavian, Cleopatra VII or Antony, or anything else you wish.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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