RPC II, 259

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 259
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 C
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Dom(itianus) Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) 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 23 mm
Average weight 7.63 g
Axis 9
Reference BMC 27
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 27
2 2     BCD
3 3     CGT coll. (ex Lindren collection sale # 1641, May 1991; BCD Peloponessus collection, sold in Leu Numismatics, May 2006)