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 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 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

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: Leake
2 2     Freiburg: 13935