RPC II, 258

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 258
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Dating AD 85/6
Obverse inscription IMP CAES DOM AVG G-ER P M TR P V
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Dom(itianus) Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) 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 7.58 g
Axis 4, 6
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1255
2 2     P: 1254
3 3     NY: 1970.142.190
4 4     Freiburg: 13933