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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7641573, member: 110350&quot;]I don&#039;t know if anyone in this thread has mentioned an additional notable aspect of the COL NEM dupondii: the strong resemblance between the shape of the crocodile on the reverse and the shape of a galley as depicted on other coins. It&#039;s more evident on some examples (like mine), on which the crocodile curves upwards at each end, than on others. See Cornelis GJ Pannekeet, &quot;Bronze coins minted in Gaul and Italy in the eraof Octavian/Augustus 44 BC - 14 AD&quot; (2014), at p. 44&nbsp; </p><p>(<a href="https://www.academia.edu/7078721/Bronze_coins_in_the_era_of_Augustus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/7078721/Bronze_coins_in_the_era_of_Augustus" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/7078721/Bronze_coins_in_the_era_of_Augustus</a>):</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse of the coins do not show the prow of a ship but a chained crocodile representing the conquered Egypt. The crocodile with its beak open looks a lot like the prow of a warship as used on the older asses. The crocodile is standing in the midst of three palm branches, the centre one is placed upright, looks like a tree on the early bronzes and often has the top tilted to the right or left. Two smaller branches are visible beneath the crocodile, on the earlier coins they seem to sprout from the foot of the centre treelike branch. Together the branches seem to form the shape of an anchor and probably relate to the three main naval victories of Agrippa. The first was the victory over Sextus Pompeys fleet at Naulochus in 36 BC, the second was the defeat of the Illyrian pirates in 34 BC and the last great victory was the defeat of Mark Antony at Actium in 31 BC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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