RPC I, 1254

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1254
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Augustus (Divus)
Obverse inscription DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER
Edition Divus Augustus Pater
Translation Divine Augustus, father
Obverse design radiate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription COL A A PATRENS
Edition col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patrens(is)
Translation Colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design togate man, holding measuring rod (?) and vexillum with two oxen, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.31 g
Axis 7, 9
Reference Cop 169
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1227
2 2     Cop SNG 169
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     V: GR 13827
5 5     V: GR 13828
6 6     ✸ BCD = LHS 96, 8 May 2006, lot 542
7 7     Harvard: 1986.382.131
8 8     Münster: 1261