RPC I, 1247


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	1247
Province	Achaea
Region	Peloponnesus
City	Patras
Reign	Uncertain
Issue	Without emperor's head: Col Aug Ach Pat
Obverse inscription	COL AVG
Edition	col(onia) Aug(usta)
Translation	Colony of Augustus
Obverse design	bust of Artemis (Laphria?), right
Reverse inscription	ACH PAT
Edition	Ach(aica) Pat(rensis)
Translation	Achaia Patras
Reverse design	tripod
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	13 mm
Average weight	2.85 g
Specimens	3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1246/1.
Note	Dated to the Antonine period by Agallopoulou.

Number	Number	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	More
1	1	Patras excavations = P. Agallopoulou, Hesperia 1989, pp. 445–6, no. 1	13	2.94	Show
2	2	JSW, now J. Aiello coll.	13	2.70	Show
3	3 ✸	Auctiones AG 29, 12 June 2003, lot 318	13	2.91	Show