CNG 88, Lot: 676. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GAUL, Nemausus. Augustus, with Agrippa. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ As(?) (27mm, 12.82 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 10-14. Heads of Agrippa, wearing rostral crown and wreath, left and Augustus, laureate, right, back to back; P P across fields / Crocodile right chained to palm branch with long vertical fronds; wreath with long ties above, palms below. RPC 525; RIC I 160; SNG Copenhagen 699-701. EF, dark brown surfaces with areas of orange encrustation, typical minor adjustment marks. An attractive example. Exceptional crocodile.