RPC II, 234

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 234
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 PATRENS
Edition col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patrens(is)
Translation Colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design Fountain with water cascading from lion-head spouts; upon fountain, statue of Heracles (?)
Metal copper
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.69 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1906,1007.23 Price-Trell, Coins and their Cities, fig. 74
2 2     P: 1260 Price-Trell, Coins and their Cities, fig. 74
3 3     ✸ A. Tricarico coll.