RPC II, 222

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 222
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Dating AD 85/6
Obverse inscription IMP CAES DOM AVG - GERM P M TR P V
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Dom(itianus) Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) V
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, chief priest, with tribunician power for the fifth time
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription COL A A PATR X XII
Edition Col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patr(ae) X XII
Translation Augustan colony of Achaean Patras, 10th (and) 12th (legions)
Reverse design aquila between two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.59 g
Axis 9, 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: Leake
2 2     NY: 1944.100.39458
3 3     ✸ CNG MBS 81/2, The BCD Collection of Coins of the Peloponnesos Part II, 20 May 2009, lot 2786 = CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 2786
4 4     BCD
5 5     BCD
6 6     CGT coll.