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Coin of Nemausus with heads of Augustus and Agrippa
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about A.D. 10–14
Mint: Gaul, Nemausus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25.5 mm. Weight: 12.83 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.636
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Heads of Augustus and Agrippa facing outwards.
IMP DIVIF P P
Reverse: Crocodile chained to palm.
COL NEM
IMP DIVIF P P
Reverse: Crocodile chained to palm.
COL NEM
ProvenanceBy date unknown: in the collection of an English clergyman (now MFA 65.636-65.870); about 1963: collection purchased at auction in London by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; June 9,1965: collection purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr.