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RIC I (second edition) Augustus 159

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RIC I (second edition) Augustus 159, As, Bronze, struck at Nemausus, 10–14 AD. Obverse: heads of agrippa (left) and augustus (right) back to back agrippa wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath and augustus is laureate. Reverse: crocodile chained to palm-shoot with short dense fronds and tip left: above on left a wreath with long ties. Weight about 11.8 g, diameter 26.5 mm.
obverse RIC I (second edition) Augustus 159
reverse RIC I (second edition) Augustus 159
mint Nemausus weight 11.80g (27)
ruler Augustus diameter ⌀26.5 (2)
denomination As axis 10↕ (25)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Heads of Agrippa (left) and Augustus (right) back to back Agrippa wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath and Augustus is laureate

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reverse

Crocodile chained to palm-shoot with short dense fronds and tip left: above on left a wreath with long ties

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specimens (24)
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum 13.49g
British Museum 13.17g 12↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum 12.99g 12↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum 12.21g 12↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum 12.70g 12↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum 13.42g 12↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum 12.38g 11↕
British Museum 12.20g 12↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum 12.81g 12↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum 13.31g 12↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)
British Museum 12.31g 10↕
British Museum 13.33g 12↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)

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RIC I (second edition) Augustus 159 (ric.1(2).aug.159), 10–14 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-augustus-159/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA