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bpv_268923 - AUGUSTUS and AGRIPPA Dupondius

AUGUSTUS and AGRIPPA Dupondius VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: 10-14
Mint name / Town : Nîmes, Gaule
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 13,09 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, échancré en bordure de flan. Beaux portraits à l’usure importante. Revers bien venu à la frappe malgré l’usure. Belle patine vert noir
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP// DIVI F/ P - P.
Obverse description : Têtes adossées d'Agrippa coiffé de la couronne rostrale à gauche et d'Auguste lauré à droite.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Divi Filius Pater Patriæ”, (L’imperator fils du divin père de la patrie).

Reverse


Reverse legend : COL - NEM.
Reverse description : Crocodile enchaîné à un palmier qui est surmonté d’une couronne ; sous le crocodile, deux palmettes.
Reverse translation : “Colonia Nemausus”, (Colonie de Nîmes).

Commentary


Monnaie du groupe 4 de bon style, présentant l’ensemble des détails du droit comme du revers relativement nets. L’épigraphie IMP// DIVI F/ P - P et COL - NEM est complète, avec seulement DIVI F hors flan au droit avec COL NEM en petites lettres de style finl.

Historical background


AUGUSTUS and AGRIPPA

(27 BC - 14 AD)

Nemausus (Nîmes) is the capital of the Arecomic Volques. According to the coinage, it is largely influenced by Marseille. During the 1st century BC, in order to counterbalance the influence of Narbonne, it seems that she supported the revolt of Sertorius in Spain against Metellus and Pompey. The colony of Nîmes would be founded by Tiberius Nero, husband of Livia and father of Tiberius and Drusus senior, in 45 or 44 BC.. -VS. Some authors see it rather as a creation of Caesar himself on his return from the Spanish campaign.. The city receives the "Jus Latinum". After the Battle of Actium in 31 BC. -VS. , which marks the victory of Octavian and Agrippa over the fleet of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, and following the conquest of Egypt the following year, Octavian demobilizes part of his legions, which have become too numerous after the victory. Veterans receive their "honesta missio", a sort of pension in cash and land. Many veterans come to settle in the province of Narbonnaise, and a large contingent settles in Nîmes. The very important coinage which seems to start from 27 BC. -VS. shows the commercial dynamism of the city, which became one of the richest in the region and left us impressive monuments (Pont du Gard, Maison Carrée). The city changes status in 24 BC. -VS. It becomes a Roman colony under the name of "Colonia Augusta Nemausus" and dominates the territory of the Volques Arécomiques.

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