RPC II, 126

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 126
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES DOMITI AVG GERM
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Domiti(anus) Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design radiate head of Domitian, right, with aegis
Reverse inscription COL IVL F AVG COR
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) F(lavia) Aug(usta) Cor(inthiensis)
Translation the Julian Flavian Augustan Corinthian colony
Reverse design athlete walking left, with palm and torch
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.51 g
Axis 3, 5
Reference Hesperia XLIII, 1974, p. 56, no. 101 and pl. 10
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 129/1, 143/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.918
2 2     L: 1920,0805.903
3 3     G Hunter II, p. 103, no. 132 and pl. XXXVI, 24: rev. = SNG 450
4 4     ✸ Lanz 105 (BCD), 2001, lot 532
5 5     BCD
6 6     Corinth: 73-299
7 7     A. Tricarico coll.