RPC II, 251

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 251
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 Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate V Censor Perpetuus 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 COL A A PATR
Edition colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patr(ensis)
Translation colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design Rome seated, left, holding standard, left arm resting on shield, crowned by a warrior wearing helmet and holding spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.48 g
Axis 4, 9
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1261
2 2     Bern SNG Righetti 472
3 3     ✸ CNG MBS 81/2, The BCD Collection of Coins of the Peloponnesos Part II, 20 May 2009, lot 2789
4 4     A. Tricarico coll.