RPC II, 215

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 215
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Domitian
Obverse inscription COL
Edition col(onia)
Translation colony
Obverse design head of Neptune, right, bound with taenia; trident behind neck
Reverse inscription COR
Edition Cor(inthi)
Translation of Corinth
Reverse design naked boxer, right, sinking on one knee; behind him, another naked boxer seizing his head with left hand and raising right hand to strike him
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 3.37 g
Reference Fox 19; Amandry An. L 13, pp. 244–6
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1947,0606.1250
2 2     Cop SNG 253
3 3     A: 3998 Fox, pl. I, 14
4 4     ✸ Lanz 105, BCD coll., 26 Nov. 2001, lot 573
5 5     Corinth BCD