RPC II, 228

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 228
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 C P
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Dom(itianus) Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) V C(ensor) P(erpetuus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, chief priest, with tribunician power for the fifth time, perpetual censor
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription DEAN AVG LAPHR
Edition Dean(a) Aug(usta) Laphr(ia)
Translation Augustan Diana Laphria
Reverse design Artemis Laphria facing, wearing short chiton and chlamys, holding bow in left hand over altar; on left side, dog looking up
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.93 g
Axis 4
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG MBS 81/2, The BCD Collection of Coins of the Peloponnesos Part II, 20 May 2009, lot 2788 (ex The Fountenhead of Fine Coins cat. 6, Feb. 1976, lot 95)
2 2     BCD