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Æ14 - Augustus
| Issuer | Patras (Achaea) |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Weight | 3.57 g |
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| Obverse description | Boar's head facing right, rendered in profile with boldly modelled snout and bristled crest, occupying the central field of the flan. The design is characteristic of the colonial bronze coinage of Patrae, reflecting the city's association with the Calydonian boar myth. The colonial legend C A A P is distributed around the type in the field, serving as the primary epigraphic element. |
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| Reverse description | A cista mystica depicted centrally, surmounted by a Phrygian cap, flanked on the left by a pedum (shepherd's crook) and on the right by a syrinx (pan pipes). These Dionysiac and pastoral symbols are emblematic of the religious imagery employed at Patrae during the Augustan colonial period, referencing the cult of Dionysus prominent in the region. The reverse field is plain with no surrounding legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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