Nemausus in Gallia, 16-3 BC., Augustus, As (halved Dupondius), RPC 523 var.
Nemausus (Nimes) in Gallia, Augustus, struck ca. 16-3 BC.,
Æ As (halved Dupondius) (14-26 mm / 5,43 g),
Obv.: [IM]P / [DIVI] F , head of [Agrippa (left, with rostral crown)] and Augustus (right, bare), back to back; rectangular countermark on head of Augustus: I{MP} (Werz 107.8/2 var.).
Rev.: [CO]L - NEM , crocodile r., chained to a palm; left above palm, wreath with long ties to r.
cf. RIC I, 52, 155-8 (C) ; cf. RPC I, 154, 523 . For countermark: Werz p. 377, no. 107.8/2 var. (P higher than the other letters, otherwise 66 countermarks listed).
The value of this series was in fact indicated by the presence of the number of heads on the obverse. One head on a halved coin meaning the value of an as.