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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 2919774, member: 80783&quot;]Thank you all for your thoughts and more interesting Crocodiles!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So my coin would be the second Emission, RIC 155, RPC 523, Sear 1729, that is probably to be associated with Augustus´visit to Gallia in 16 B.C. </p><p>Weight corresponds with the average of 12 g; size is 28,3 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also found is another great site on these (in french also):</p><p><a href="http://as-de-nimes.pagesperso-orange.fr/classification/classification.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://as-de-nimes.pagesperso-orange.fr/classification/classification.html" rel="nofollow">http://as-de-nimes.pagesperso-orange.fr/classification/classification.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Comparing my specimen to the examples illustrated there, my crocodile´s &quot;platypus&quot;- shape and the rather small heads of Augustus and Agrippa most closely seem to resemble the plate coin for Type 1 (RIC 154, RPC 522, Sear 1728) on that site. As type 1 coins have a weight range from 11 to 25 grams, that would also be possible.</p><p>Also, my coin is clearly made of yellow Orichalcum / brass, just like the Type 1 coin shown there:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://as-de-nimes.pagesperso-orange.fr/classification/classe_I.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]706780[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>That would qualify both as Dupondii, while later types seem to be made of reddish brown copper which would make them Asses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does that make sense? What do you think? Is my coin Type 1 or Type 2?</p><p>And are there Nemausus Asses AND Dupondii at all or is it all one denomination despite the obviously different metals?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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