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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SwK, post: 2818651, member: 22309&quot;]The impressive bronze coin was struck near the end of the reign of Augustus, the first emperor of Rome (ruled 27 BCE-14 CE).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]661288[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was at Octavian&#039;s side the entire time. During the war that followed Caesar&#039;s death, Agrippa&#039;s defense of Italy was critical in Octavian&#039;s ultimate success.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze Dupondius - Augustus and Agrippa with Crocodile Reverse Most conspicuously, a large crocodile is chained to what is either a palm tree, a palm shoot or a palm branch; different sticking’s present greater or lesser versions. .</p><p><br /></p><p>Besides its bulk, the most striking element of the crocodile is its sharp, pointy teeth, the pattern of the creature&#039;s scales on its back. All four feet are present.</p><p><br /></p><p>Divided by the trunk of the palm tree is the inscription COL / NEM, which is an abbreviation for Colonia Augusta Nemausus, or &quot;Augustan Colony Nemausus&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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