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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2369380, member: 56859&quot;]<i>Excellent</i> score, Zumbly!!&nbsp; The blundered legend makes it even better.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hallelujah, I finally found the &quot;right&quot; upgrade for my COL-NEM <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It arrived yesterday after a somewhat shorter than usual trek from Europe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not wanting to spend four figures on a fantastic example-- which are few and far between anyway-- like most of us I had to set priorities.&nbsp; My priorities:&nbsp; well-centered reverse with all elements present and <i>prominently visible chain</i>.&nbsp; Except for slight loss of the croc&#039;s snout, this coin fit the bill nicely and I was very happy with the price.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]484288[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Augustus &amp; Agrippa</b></p><p>Gaul, Nemausus, c. 10 BCE - CE 10</p><p>AE dupondius</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; 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:&nbsp; 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:&nbsp; RIC 158; AMC 425; Cohen 10; RPC 524</p><p><br /></p><p>The auction listed the provenance as &quot;<i>From the collection of a Man of the Cloth, now giving up the pursuit; acquired in the 1990s.&quot;&nbsp; </i>Hmm.&nbsp; Is the man giving up priesthood or is he giving up coin collecting?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for date of issue, I copied the auction attribution.&nbsp; It&#039;s not the earliest type-- Zumbly&#039;s example with the more cartoonish crocodile is the earliest type.&nbsp; It&#039;s not the lastest type-- those have P P on the obverse.&nbsp; Coins similar to mine in CNG&#039;s archives show various dates:&nbsp; &quot;9/8 - 3 BCE&quot;, &quot;9 - 3 BCE&quot;, and &quot; 10 BCE - CE 10&quot;.&nbsp; I can&#039;t discern a pattern of differences and don&#039;t know the source of dating.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is some pitting but no powdery green.&nbsp; I have it soaking in Verdicare and will check it frequently for development of bronze disease.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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