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GAUL. Nemausus. Augustus with Agrippa (27 BC-14 AD). As.
Obv: IMP / P - P / DIVI F.
Heads of Agrippa, wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath, and Augustus, laureate, back to back.
Rev: COL - NEM.
Crocodile chained to palm frond with wreath attached, two branches below.
RPC 525; RIC² 159.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 12.4 g.
Diameter: 27 mm.
This coin type was originally minted to publicize Augustus' conferment of the colony named Colonia Augusta Nemausus, in southern Gaul, in 27 BC. This specific coin, however, is from a revival of the 'crocodile dupondius' two years after the death of Agrippa. It includes P P (Pater Patriae) on the obverse, a title Augustus only received in 2 BC, showing that it was a later issue.
