RPC II, 203

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 203
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Domit(ianus) Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Reverse inscription COL IVL COR
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensis)
Translation the Julian Corinthian colony
Reverse design Triptolemus (?) to left with billowing chlamys, right arm extended, holding sceptre (?) in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.34 g
Reference Hesperia 1975, pl. II
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 131 = Lanz 105, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 563 = BCD
2 2     Corinth: 74-589 Hesperia 1975, p. 37, no. 24 and pl. II
3 3     Corinth: 65-73 Hesperia 1975, p. 37, no. 24a and pl. II