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Message:: [QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7801555, member: 86498"]Augustus and Agrippa Ae As or Dupondius Nemausus 9/8-3 BC Obv Head of Agrippia wearing rostral crown and Augustus laureate back to back. Rv Crocodile chained to palm shoot. RIC 158 RPC 524  12.51 grams  26 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1339714[/ATTACH]I believe there is still some debate as to the denomination as these coins are bronze and not the orichalcum like the contemporary dupondii minted at Rome. However the iconography employed by this coinage does suggest that it is a double unit. The modern city of Nimes is very proud of its past and the image of the crocodile chained to a palm tree is still very much in evidence. Here is an image of some form of civic port found in the pavement of that city. (too small to be a man hole cover) The black object below is my shoe. [ATTACH=full]1339713[/ATTACH]I had the pleasure of visiting this city in 2014 and I really loved it. A few pics from that trip[ATTACH=full]1339717[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1339718[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1339719[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1339720[/ATTACH]I actually had supper at a restaurant right next to the amphitheater which was though a bit of a hike within walking distance of our hotel.[/QUOTE]