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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     591706      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Provincial Region:     CORINTH City:     Corinth Issuer:     Lucius Verus Date Ruled:     AD 161-169 Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     AE 26 Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 161-169 Diameter:     26 mm Weight:     10.79 g Obverse Legend:     IMP C AVR VERVS AVG Obverse Description:     Laureate and cuirassed bust right Reverse Legend:     CLI COR Reverse Description:     Melikertes-Palaimon riding on dolphin left, within wreath Primary Reference:     Mionnet II pg. 185, 280 Reference2:     Imhoof-Blumer and P. Gardner, "Numismatic Commentary on Pausanias," JHS (1885), pg. 11, pl. B, XIV Reference3:     Cornell 95 (this coin) Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=16412 Grade:     EF, green patina Notes:     Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1706 Very rare The Corinthians credited their king Sisyphos with founding of the Isthmian Games at the funeral of the boy-hero Melikertes-Palaimon at Isthmia. Adjacent to the early sanctuary of Poseidon was the Palamaion, an extensive cult area with sacrificial pits and a circular temple of Hadrianic date, which was transformed during the joint reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. According to Pausanias (I, 70-72 and III, 4-16), within the temple was a statue of Melikertes-Palaimon riding on a dolphin. Athamas, the son of Aiolos and king of Orchomenos in Boeotia, was driven mad by Hera because he had sheltered Dionysos. After he killed his son Learchos, he pursued Ino into the sea with their son Melikertes, where both were transformed into marine deities. Ino became Leukothea, and Melikertes changed to Palaimon and a dolphin carried his body ashore on the Sardonic Gulf.

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