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Æ27 - Commodus COL A A PATR

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Issuer Patras (Achaea)
Emperor Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 182-184
Composition Bronze
Weight 10.59 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
536712
References RPC Online IV.1# 5235
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right

Lettering: IMP COMMODVS ANTO AVG (D inverted, S reversed)

Unabridged legend: Imperator Commodus Antoninus Augustus

Translation: Emperor Commodus Antoninus Augustus

Reverse

Harbour with three galleys and colonnade; in centre, statue of nude figure, standing, facing, head, right, holding uncertain object (torch or small statue?) and sceptr (?); in background, three temples

Lettering: COL A A PATR

Unabridged legend: colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis

Translation: colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras

Mint

Patras, Peloponnesus, modern-day Patras, Greece

Comments

M. Price, NC 1971, 124, no. 6

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