I received an email titled: Ancient coin sale - RomanLode going out of business sale. The on line shop is on VCoins and of course, I had to look. The closest to my collecting area are the two below. The seller's pics and description. The first one has all of what I consider the good parts! As de Nimes; fractured half for change in antiquity for use as change. Nicely transacted to preserve the crocodile and the portrait of Augustus. 6.32 grams 13.9 x 25.3 mm Roman Lode on V-Coins, 3/30/19 Worn half As de Nimes 6.26 grams 13.1 x 26.3 mm. Roman Lode on V-Coins, 3/30/19 If you collect LRB, keep an eye on this site. As the prices drop you may find something you can not resist.
That's cool! I only have the full version. I think its weird die-axis was specifically to allow cutting it in half, preserving the crocodile: Augustus with Agrippa, 27 BC - AD 14. Roman Æ as, 12.99 g, 26.3 mm, 4 h. Nemausus, after 16/15 BC. Obv: IMP/DIVI F, heads back to back of Augustus, right, bare, and Agrippa, left, wearing rostral crown. Rev: COL-NEM to left and right of palm shoot, its tip to right, behind chained crocodile; two wreaths above palm tip. Refs: RIC 155; RPC 523; Cohen 7; AMC 411; RCV 1729. Notes: Sear (p. 338) notes this initial revival of the Nemausian series on a lighter weight standard is probably to be associated with Augustus' visit to Gaul in 16 BC.
I like these coins. What is interesting is that a version of this image is still used in Nimes as a civic badge This one was found on a road in that city
