RPC II, 231

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 231
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Dating AD 85/6
Obverse inscription IMP CAES DOM AVG G-ERM P M TR P V C P
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Dom(itianus) Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) V C(ensor) P(erpetuus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, chief priest, with tribunician power for the fifth time, perpetual censor
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription DEAN AV PATR
Edition Dean(a) Au(gusta) Patr(as)
Translation Augustan Diana, Patras
Reverse design Artemis Laphria facing, wearing short chiton and chlamys, holding bow in left hand over altar; on left side, dog looking up
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.72 g
Axis 7, 12
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb.
2 2     B: 19771
3 3     P: 1258
4 4     O
5 5     NY: 1944.100.39463
6 6     A. Tricarico coll. (ex BCD coll. = CNG 81, 20 May 2009, lot 2787; Savoca 17 Blue, 1–2 Mar. 2019, lot 988)