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Æ24 - Domitian COL A A PATRENS
| Issuer | Patras (Achaea) |
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| Year | 85-86 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A togate priest advances to the left, holding a vexillum (military standard) in his right hand while guiding a yoke of two oxen pulling a plough, reenacting the ritual sulcus primigenius — the sacred furrow that ceremonially demarcated the boundaries of a Roman colonial foundation. The scene is a well-known colonial type referencing the founding of Colonia Augusta Aroe Patrensis. The colonial legend COL A A PATRENS appears in the exergue and field, clearly legible despite moderate surface wear. |
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| Reverse lettering | COL A A PATRENS (Translation: colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras) |
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