RPC II, 237

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 237
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Dating AD 85/6
Obverse inscription IMP CAES DOM AV-G GERM P M TR P
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Dom(itianus) Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian, Augustus, Germanicus, chief priest, with tribunician power
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription GEN COL A PATRENS
Edition Gen(ius) col(oniae) A(ugustae) Patrens(is)
Translation the Genius of the Augustan colony Patras
Reverse design Genius standing, left, with patera over altar and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.44 g
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ BCD
2 2     C