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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24716396, member: 26430"]At some point I need to add one of the Aegypto Capta style Crocodile bronzes from the veteran colony at Nemausus. (A better one, that is.) For my captives collection. Great type. I've got some of the Caius & Lucius Denarii (though sadly I sold my best one). For now, my favorite Augustus portrait coin is on this Divus August Dupondius: [ATTACH=full]1580320[/ATTACH]<blockquote>Roman Imperial. Gaius (Caligula), in the name of Divus Augustus, Æ Dupondius (29.5 mm, 16.57 g, 6h), Rome mint, 37-41 CE.Obv: DIVVS AVGVSTVS / S – C. Radiate head of Augustus left.Rev: CONSENSV · SENAT · ET · EQ · ORDIN · P · Q · R ·. Statue of Caligula (or Augustus?) seated left on curule chair, holding branch.Ref: RIC I 56 (Gaius); Cohen 87; BMC 88; MIR 11-5Prov: Ex Collections Archer Huntington (1870-1955), American Numismatic Society [Acc. No. 1001.1.22981] & Hispanic Society of America [same No.]. Notes: There's a long running debate about whether the reverse (or obverse, also a debate!) figure seated on the curule is Augustus or Caligula. In my view, it's clearly Caligula.</blockquote>[/QUOTE]