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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4621 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.1 |
Number | 4621 (temporary) |
Province | Achaea |
Region | Peloponnesus |
City | Patras |
Reign | Commodus |
Person (obv.) | Commodus (Augustus) |
Dating | c. 182–184 |
Obverse inscription | IMP COMMODVS ANTO AVG (D may be inverted, S may be reversed) |
Edition | Imp(erator) Commodus Anto(ninus) Aug(ustus) |
Translation | Emperor Commodus Antoninus Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right |
Reverse inscription | COL A A PATR |
Edition | col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patr(ensis) |
Translation | colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras |
Reverse design | to left, Diana/Artemis Laphria standing, right, having quiver at shoulder, holding bow over lighted altar; to right, Venus/Aphrodite of Acrocorinthus standing, left, holding Mars/Ares' shield before her as mirror |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 27 mm |
Average weight | 12.24 g |
Axis | 6, 7, 9, 12 |
Reference | BMC 41 |
Specimens | 4 (4 in the core collections) |