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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4001525, member: 75937&quot;]I have a couple of favorites. This one is a favorite ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053517[/ATTACH] </p><p>Augustus, 27 BC - AD 14.</p><p>Roman provincial AE 23.</p><p>Macedon, Amphipolis, 10.25 g, 23.3 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Obv: ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΘΕΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ, bare-head, right.</p><p>Rev: ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛΙΕΙΤΩΝ, Artemis Tauropolos with inflated veil, riding on bull galloping right.</p><p>Refs: BMC 5, p. 52, 73; Sear Greek Imperial 29.</p><p><br /></p><p>... because it&#039;s an obverse die match to this one in the British Museum, based upon a line-drawing, of all things! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053521[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And this one is a favorite because it&#039;s an ex- [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] ! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053523[/ATTACH] </p><p>Augustus, 27 BC - AD 14.</p><p>Roman Æ as, 8.41 g, 26.1 mm, 10 h.</p><p>Lugdunum, 10 BC - 6 BC.</p><p>Obv: CAESAR PONT MAX, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: ROM ET AVG, altar of Roma and Augustus, flanked by two columns, each surmounted by a statue of Victory.</p><p>Refs: RIC 230; BMCRE 549-556; Cohen 240; RCV 1690; CBN 1634.</p><p><br /></p><p>And this one&#039;s a favorite because it&#039;s a crocodile!!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/augustus-and-agrippa-nemausus-crocodile-jpg.906003/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Augustus with Agrippa, 27 BC - AD 14.</p><p>Roman Æ as, 12.99 g, 26.3 mm, 4 h.</p><p>Nemausus, after 16/15 BC.</p><p>Obv: IMP/DIVI F, heads back to back of Augustus, right, bare, and Agrippa, left, wearing rostral crown.</p><p>Rev: COL-NEM to left and right of palm shoot, its tip to right, behind chained crocodile; two wreaths above palm tip.</p><p>Refs: RIC 155; RPC 523; Cohen 7; AMC 411; RCV 1729.</p><p>Notes: Sear (p. 338) notes this initial revival of the Nemausian series on a lighter weight standard is probably to be associated with Augustus&#039; visit to Gaul in 16 BC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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