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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsman, post: 3690076, member: 99177&quot;]That took a while, to find this croc, top five on my bucket list <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I like the coin cause of the history, but certainly also because of the mean crocodile on the reverse with a mouth full of teeth.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Roman city of Nemausus (modern Nîmes) in southern Gaul issued a large coinage throughout Augustus&#039; reign with the standard reverse design of a crocodile chained to a palm branch and the ties of a laurel wreath flying above. The crocodile clearly stands for Egypt or more specifically Cleopatra, chained to Rome.</p><p>The coin also refers to the presence of veterans of the Actium campaign settled in Nîmes by Octavian. The obverse shows the busts of Augustus (right) and his great friend and general, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (left).</p><p><br /></p><p>Although both back-to-back portraits are on the same level, only Octavian is referred in the legend IMP DIVI. F, which is completed by PP (pater patriae) in the latter series belonging to the so-called “group III type 4”. This coin is type 4. You can see the P underneath both chins.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s fun to read that some authors believe the portrait is Tiberius and not Agrippa. Tiberius accompanied Augustus during his three-year stay in Gaul and Spain and probably became the ruler of Nîmes.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]989111[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Agrippa &amp; Augustus, dupondius. </p><p>Mint Gaul Nemausus, ca 10-14 AD.</p><p>Obv. Back-to-back heads, Agrippa left, wearing rostral crown and Augustus right, laureate; IMP above, P P across fields, DIVI F below.</p><p>Rev. Crocodile right, chained to palm branch with long vertical fronds; above, wreath with long ties, palms below; COL NEM.</p><p>13,12 g.</p><p>RPC 525; RIC I 160[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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