RPC II, 253

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 253
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 C
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Dom(itianus) Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) 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 COL A A PATRENS
Edition Col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patrens(is)
Translation Colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design priest, left, with vexillum, ploughing with two oxen
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.54 g
Axis 2, 3
Reference BMC 26
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 26
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     CGT coll.