RPC II, 240

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 240
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Dating AD 85/6
Obverse inscription IMP CAES DOM AVG G-ER P M TR P V
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Dom(itianus) Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) 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 23 mm
Average weight 8.38 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C McClean 6338
2 2     P: 1259
3 3     NY: 1944.100.39461