Pièce de monnaie Dupondius de Nîmes

Lezoux (63) Musée départemental de la céramique

© Alain Maillot, collections du musée départemental de la céramique à Lezoux

Pièce de monnaie Dupondius de Nîmes Pièce de monnaie Dupondius de Nîmes
On the obverse of this coin minted in Nîmes, we find the legend in Latin: IMP DIVI F (translation: Imperator Divi Filius - Emperor Son of the Divine) which accompanies the representation of two heads leaning against each other, on the right that of Augustus wearing the laurel wreath and on the left that of Agrippa with the rostral wreath which evokes his naval victories. On the reverse the legend in Latin: COL NEM (translation: colonia Nemausensis - Colonie Nimoise) is illustrated by a crocodile and a palm tree.

Where to find it

Lezoux (63) Musée départemental de la céramique
39, rue de la République

63190 Lezoux

Commune of discovery

Locality

Z.A.C. de l'Enclos

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1987

Chief Scientist

BET, Philippe

Inventory number

001-41-0002

Scope

Economy and trade ➔ Currency

Materials

Metal ➔ Copper alloy

Chronological period

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476] ➔ Early Imperial [27 / 235]

Dimensions

11.74 g

Bibliographie

Annick Fenet, Le site archéologique de la Z.A.C. de l’Enclos à Lezoux (Puy-de-Dôme) : premières approches, 1990.