Details
LOT 3309
Augustus and Agrippa AE Dupondius of Nemausus, Gaul. Circa 9/8-3 BC.
Head of Agrippa to left, wearing rostral crown combined with laureate crown, back to back with head of Augustus to right, wearing oak wreath; IMP above, DIVI F below / Chained crocodile to right, palm frond upwards in centre, wreath to left of palm tip with long ties trailing to right; COL NEM across fields; two palm fronds below. RIC I 158; RPC I 524. Near Very Fine.(12.72gr, 26mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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