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Æ25 - Claudius COL A A PATR X XII
| Issuer | Patras (Achaea) |
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| Year | 41-54 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Emperor Claudius facing left, with naturalistic portraiture characteristic of early imperial provincial coinage. The emperor is depicted with short, slightly tousled hair and a draped shoulder visible at the bust truncation. A circular Latin legend surrounds the portrait, reading TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS, distributed around the full circumference of the flan. The die work is bold and the relief high, consistent with the Augustan colonial mint tradition at Patras. |
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| Obverse lettering | TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM(ANICVS) (Translation: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) |
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Patras — formally refounded as Colonia AAugusta Aroe Patrensis by Augustus around 14 BC — was one of the few Roman colonies established in Greece proper, settled largely with veterans from the Actian campaign. The colonial mint operated intermittently under the Julio-Claudians, and issues attributable to Claudius's reign are distinguished partly by the colonial duovir names occasionally embedded in the reverse legends, tying specific coins to local magistrates whose tenures are otherwise unattested in surviving records.