RPC I, 1247

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Patras excavations = P. Agallopoulou, Hesperia 1989, pp. 445–6, no. 1
2 2     JSW, now J. Aiello coll.
3 3     ✸ Auctiones AG 29, 12 June 2003, lot 318