RPC II, 256

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 256
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
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Dom(itianus) Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) V
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, chief priest, with tribunician power for the fifth time
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 7.64 g
Axis 3, 9
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: Leake
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     V: GR 13849
4 4     BCD
5 5     BCD
6 6     ✸ A. Tricarico coll.
7 7     Freiburg: 13932