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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5235 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.1 |
Number | 5235 (temporary) |
Province | Achaea |
Region | Peloponnesus |
City | Patras |
Reign | Commodus |
Person (obv.) | Commodus (Augustus) |
Dating | c. 182–184 |
Obverse inscription | [IM]P COMMODVS ANTO AVG (D inverted, S 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 | harbour with three galleys and colonnade; in centre, statue of nude figure, standing, facing, head, right, holding uncertain object (torch or small statue?) and sceptre(?); in background, three temples |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 27 mm |
Average weight | 10.59 g |
Axis | 3, 4, 6, 12 |
Reference | M. Price, NC 1971, 124, no. 6 |
Specimens | 4 (3 in the core collections) |