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<p>[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 8056719, member: 4298"]Resurecting this thread almost exactly one year after I created it, I could change the title in</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">"<font size="6"><b>Chasing the other halves</b></font>"</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Remember : in my 2020 top of the year, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] kindly challenged me on the finding of the second half of my coin....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would have liked to find someting of equal quality as the Octavian half in the OP, but one has often to deal with what's available. Plus, although it has a Julius Caesar's portrait on it, it's one of the cheapest coins I bought in 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1396021[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>JULIUS CAESAR and OCTAVIAN – Halved dupondius</b>, Vienna (Gaul), ca. 36 BCE</p><p>•IM[P• DIVI•IVL•CAESAR•DIVI•F] bare headed portraits of Julius Caesar to left and [Octavian to right]</p><p>[C•I]•V Prow of galley to right, surmounted by superstructure and mast (CIV for Colonia Ivlia Viennensis)</p><p>33 mm – 10,58 gr</p><p>Ref : RPC # 517</p><p><br /></p><p>As a reminder, here's the other half to reunite them</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1396020[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>JULIUS CAESAR and OCTAVIAN – Halved dupondius</b>, Vienna (Gaul), ca. 36 BCE</p><p>[•IM]P• [DIVI•IVL•CAE]SAR•DIVI•F bare headed portraits [of Julius Caesar to left] and Octavian to right</p><p>C•[I•V] Prow of galley to right, surmounted by superstructure and mast (CIV for Colonia Ivlia Viennensis)</p><p>31,5 mm – 9,96 gr</p><p>Ref : RPC # 517</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While at it, I spent som time at finding the other half for my type III Nemausus half dupondius too</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1396022[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Augustus & Agrippa, Nemausus (Nîmes) halved dupondius</b> - type III, after 10 BC</p><p>3rd type</p><p>IM[P] DI[VI F] , Laureate head of Agrippa left</p><p>COL [NEM], Crocodile chained to palm tree</p><p>4,60 gr</p><p>Ref : RPC #524, RCV # 1730, Cohen # 10</p><p><br /></p><p>And his fellow because they missed each other for so long...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1396024[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Augustus & Agrippa, Nemausus (Nîmes) halved dupondius </b>- type III, after 10 BC</p><p>3rd type</p><p>[IM]P [DI]VI F , Laureate head of Augustus right</p><p>[COL NEM], Crocodile chained to palm tree</p><p>6.70 gr</p><p>Ref : RPC #524, RCV # 1730, Cohen # 10</p><p><br /></p><p>Please, as usual, post anything you feel relevant</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 8056719, member: 4298"]Resurecting this thread almost exactly one year after I created it, I could change the title in [CENTER]"[SIZE=6][B]Chasing the other halves[/B][/SIZE]"[/CENTER] Remember : in my 2020 top of the year, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] kindly challenged me on the finding of the second half of my coin.... I would have liked to find someting of equal quality as the Octavian half in the OP, but one has often to deal with what's available. Plus, although it has a Julius Caesar's portrait on it, it's one of the cheapest coins I bought in 2021 [ATTACH=full]1396021[/ATTACH] [B]JULIUS CAESAR and OCTAVIAN – Halved dupondius[/B], Vienna (Gaul), ca. 36 BCE •IM[P• DIVI•IVL•CAESAR•DIVI•F] bare headed portraits of Julius Caesar to left and [Octavian to right] [C•I]•V Prow of galley to right, surmounted by superstructure and mast (CIV for Colonia Ivlia Viennensis) 33 mm – 10,58 gr Ref : RPC # 517 As a reminder, here's the other half to reunite them [ATTACH=full]1396020[/ATTACH] [B]JULIUS CAESAR and OCTAVIAN – Halved dupondius[/B], Vienna (Gaul), ca. 36 BCE [•IM]P• [DIVI•IVL•CAE]SAR•DIVI•F bare headed portraits [of Julius Caesar to left] and Octavian to right C•[I•V] Prow of galley to right, surmounted by superstructure and mast (CIV for Colonia Ivlia Viennensis) 31,5 mm – 9,96 gr Ref : RPC # 517 While at it, I spent som time at finding the other half for my type III Nemausus half dupondius too [ATTACH=full]1396022[/ATTACH] [B]Augustus & Agrippa, Nemausus (Nîmes) halved dupondius[/B] - type III, after 10 BC 3rd type IM[P] DI[VI F] , Laureate head of Agrippa left COL [NEM], Crocodile chained to palm tree 4,60 gr Ref : RPC #524, RCV # 1730, Cohen # 10 And his fellow because they missed each other for so long... [ATTACH=full]1396024[/ATTACH] [B]Augustus & Agrippa, Nemausus (Nîmes) halved dupondius [/B]- type III, after 10 BC 3rd type [IM]P [DI]VI F , Laureate head of Augustus right [COL NEM], Crocodile chained to palm tree 6.70 gr Ref : RPC #524, RCV # 1730, Cohen # 10 Please, as usual, post anything you feel relevant Q[/QUOTE]
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