RPC II, 239

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 239
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 Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate V 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 GEN COL A PATRENS
Edition Genius coloniae Augustae Patrensis 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 9.73 g
Axis 7
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: Leake
2 2     Freiburg: 13935