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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3381049, member: 56859&quot;]What a wonderful thing to find in a late Roman mixed lot!&nbsp; My first Agrippa was also a surprise find from a mix lot, but it was with a group of large Ptolemy bronzes.&nbsp; The group was mainly bought for the largest Ptolemy (the source of my 48 mm Ptolemaic bronze.&nbsp; The auction photo showed a pile of the coins but not all were identifiable and there was no mention of coins of than the Ptolemies in the lot.&nbsp; This COL-NEM was in there along with three Alexandrian tetradrachms:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/col-nem-jpg.285793/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It&#039;s not a particularly great example but at the time I was unfamiliar with this type and just how cool it is-- a coin from a legionary retirement community? Awesome <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually I got a second example which is nicer and supposedly from a slightly earlier emission:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nomos-col-nem-rt-jpg.484288/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Augustus &amp; Agrippa</b></p><p>Gaul, Nemausus, c. 10 BCE - CE 10</p><p>AE dupondius</p><p>Obv: IMP/DIVI; heads of Agrippa to left, wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath, and of Augustus to right, wearing oak wreath, back to back</p><p>Rev: COL-NEM; long, vertical palm with crocodile chained below, wreath to left of palm tip with ties trailing to right; two palm fronds below</p><p>Ref: RIC 158; AMC 425; Cohen 10; RPC 524</p><p><br /></p><p>Many people on this board have nice examples, although none nicer than Mr. Bond&#039;s (post that puppy, [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER]!).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]897862[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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