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Æ25 - Marcus Aurelius COL A A PATR
| Issuer | Patras (Achaea) |
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| Year | 166-180 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Emperor Marcus Aurelius facing right, rendered in the characteristic Antonine portrait style with detailed hair and beard. The imperial effigy occupies the central field of the flan, with the Latin legend disposed around the periphery. The coin exhibits heavy green and brown patination consistent with extended burial, obscuring fine surface detail. The flan is irregular in shape, typical of provincial bronze coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Concordia (Homonoia), depicted facing left in draped attire, extending a patera over a flaming altar with her right hand and holding a cornucopia in her left arm. This iconographic type, associating the goddess of civic harmony with the colonial community of Patras, is characteristic of Antonine provincial coinage from Achaea. The reverse legend identifies the issuing colony and encircles the standing figure. Heavy patination renders fine details of the figure difficult to resolve. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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