RPC II, 242

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 242
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Dating AD 85/6
Obverse inscription IMP CAES DOM AVG G-ERM P M TR P V C P
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Dom(itianus) Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) V C(ensor) P(erpetuus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, chief priest, with tribunician power for the fifth time, perpetual 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 22 mm
Average weight 8.49 g
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C McClean 6339
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     BCD