RPC II, 254

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 254
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 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 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
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.38 g
Axis 7, 10
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG 3564
2 2     L: 1920,0805.1238
3 3     Münster: 1262
4 4     ✸ A. Tricarico coll. (ex Artemide aste EA 10, 24 Nov. 2019, lot 336)
5 5     Boston: 63.2996