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Coin of Patras with bust of Domitian
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 85–86
Mint: Achaea: Peloponnese, Patras
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 8.28 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2996
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Domitian to right.
IMPCAESDOMAVG GERMPMTRPYCP
(Note that the A and V in AVG are combined and the letters PM are unclear)
Reverse: Founder plowing left, vexillum in left hand.
Above: COLAA, below: [P]ATRE[NS]
IMPCAESDOMAVG GERMPMTRPYCP
(Note that the A and V in AVG are combined and the letters PM are unclear)
Reverse: Founder plowing left, vexillum in left hand.
Above: COLAA, below: [P]ATRE[NS]
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (sale of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward sale by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963