Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1232. Estimate $150. Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008. Sold For $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Reign of Domitian, AD 81-96. Æ 16mm (3.03 g, 1h). Isthmian Games issue. Head of Poseidon right, wearing taenia; trident over shoulder / Event: τὸ πανκράτιον - contestants in wrestling maneuver. RPC 214; Amandry Séries anonymes L12 (D4/R10); BCD Korinth -. VF, green patina, some smoothing.
From the collection of Maj. Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.). Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 161 (28 March 2007), lot 162 .
See A. Milavic, “Pankration and Greek Coins,” The Celator 13, 12 (December 1999), pp. 6-16, for a discussion of this interesting type.