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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4679424, member: 56859"]AJ's coin is <b>ferocious</b>! Run, lesser examples... <i>run</i>! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1152228[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My first COL NEM came from a super fun large lot of Ptolemaic bronzes pedigreed to the 1800s, purchased primarily for a 48 mm bronze. In addition the Ptolemaic bronzes there were a few other coins including this one. I didn't know what it was at first glance because I was trying to make a galley out of the crocodile <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_ada3e31c582a437f8e4fd88e85ce74d6.jpg_srb_p_850_433_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Augustus & Agrippa</b></p><p>Gaul, Nemausus, c. CE 10-14</p><p>AE dupondius</p><p>Obv: IMP/DIVI F P-P, back-to-back heads of Agrippa, in combined rostral crown & laurel wreath, and Augustus, laureate</p><p>Rev: COL-NEM, long, vertical palm with crocodile chained below, wreath to left of palm tip with ties trailing to right</p><p>Ref: RIC 160</p><p><i>ex Professor James R. Eaton (1834-1897) Collection; this coin was in his family until I purchased it from Stack's.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>These are such fantastic story coins that I had to get a better one several years later:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nomos-col-nem-rt-jpg.484288/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Augustus & Agrippa</b></p><p>Gaul, Nemausus, c. 10 BCE - CE 10</p><p>AE dupondius</p><p>Obv: IMP/DIVI; heads of Agrippa to left, wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath, and of Augustus to right, wearing oak wreath, back to back</p><p>Rev: COL-NEM; long, vertical palm with crocodile chained below, wreath to left of palm tip with ties trailing to right; two palm fronds below</p><p>Ref: RIC 158; AMC 425; Cohen 10; RPC 524[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4679424, member: 56859"]AJ's coin is [B]ferocious[/B]! Run, lesser examples... [I]run[/I]! [ATTACH=full]1152228[/ATTACH] My first COL NEM came from a super fun large lot of Ptolemaic bronzes pedigreed to the 1800s, purchased primarily for a 48 mm bronze. In addition the Ptolemaic bronzes there were a few other coins including this one. I didn't know what it was at first glance because I was trying to make a galley out of the crocodile :D. [IMG]http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_ada3e31c582a437f8e4fd88e85ce74d6.jpg_srb_p_850_433_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb[/IMG] [B]Augustus & Agrippa[/B] Gaul, Nemausus, c. CE 10-14 AE dupondius Obv: IMP/DIVI F P-P, back-to-back heads of Agrippa, in combined rostral crown & laurel wreath, and Augustus, laureate Rev: COL-NEM, long, vertical palm with crocodile chained below, wreath to left of palm tip with ties trailing to right Ref: RIC 160 [I]ex Professor James R. Eaton (1834-1897) Collection; this coin was in his family until I purchased it from Stack's.[/I] These are such fantastic story coins that I had to get a better one several years later: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nomos-col-nem-rt-jpg.484288/[/IMG] [B]Augustus & Agrippa[/B] Gaul, Nemausus, c. 10 BCE - CE 10 AE dupondius Obv: IMP/DIVI; heads of Agrippa to left, wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath, and of Augustus to right, wearing oak wreath, back to back Rev: COL-NEM; long, vertical palm with crocodile chained below, wreath to left of palm tip with ties trailing to right; two palm fronds below Ref: RIC 158; AMC 425; Cohen 10; RPC 524[/QUOTE]
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