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Coin of Patras with bust of Commodus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 182–184
Mint: Achaea: Peloponnese, Patras
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 13.33 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.153
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Commodus to right.
IMPCOMMOD VSANTOAVG (The S is reversed.)
Reverse: View of the city and harbor, with three temples toward the acropolis, colonnades, ships, and a statue of the Genius or Poseidon in the foreground.
COLAA PATR
IMPCOMMOD VSANTOAVG (The S is reversed.)
Reverse: View of the city and harbor, with three temples toward the acropolis, colonnades, ships, and a statue of the Genius or Poseidon in the foreground.
COLAA PATR
ProvenanceOne of a group of coins purchased in Greece or Asia Minor in 1963 by Cornelius C. Vermeule III on behalf of MFA with funds approved in advance by the Trustees; accessioned March 11, 1964