RPC II, 223

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 223
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Dating AD 85/6
Obverse inscription IMP CAES DOM AVG G-ER P M TR P V
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Dom(itianus) Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) 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 23 mm
Average weight 8.18 g
Axis 2, 5, 10
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies. 1–4, 6–7: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 7159
2 2     P: 1262
3 3     P: 1263
4 4     V: GR 13854
5 5     O
6 6     NY: 1944.100.39457
7 7     BCD
8 8     BCD
9 9     ✸ A. Tricarico coll.
10 10     Freiburg: 13934