RPC II, 241

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 241
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 C
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Dom(itianus) Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) V C(ensor)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, chief priest, with tribunician power for the fifth time, censor
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 8.47 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CGT coll. ex Marc Breitsprecher; ex BCD; From the Schulman Coin & Mint sale, 21 Sept. 1973, lot 428
2 2     BCD