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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 2910302, member: 80783&quot;]I must excuse myself for showing another Nemausus Crocodile here, and one that is not on par with most of the ones usually seen here. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is heavily worn and from the crack on the reverse and a very slight corresponding bend in between the two portraits it also looks like someone in antiquity has tried to break it into two halves to create two pieces of small change, which must have been common practice as proven by hundreds of surviving half pieces with only either Augustus or Agrippa left. Luckily he didn´t succeed in this case <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]702608[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But this particular coin came with some assets that made me fall in love at first sight:</p><p>1) Contrary to most collectors, I like my bronzes shiny and without patina and this does have substantial eye appeal to me</p><p>2) This is the scarce brass Dupondius and not the common copper As</p><p>3) The coin is reasonably well centered, and despite it´s heavy wear the Crocodile, Portraits and Legends are complete</p><p>4) For a 2000+ year old artifact of such historic value, commemorating the world-changing Victory of Actium, it came with a history-for-money ratio that will be hard to beat.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]702609[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Mint state examples may cost a fortune (I think someone on this forum has paid 5.000 USD for one of those), but this Crocodile, which I am totally happy with, waited for a new home with a price tag of just 18 Euros <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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