Lot 9017. VF, and a breathtaking Games Coin. 46.3g. Est $2500.

Caracalla AE43 Medallion of Perinthos, Thrace. 

Obv: AVT K M AVP CEOVHP ANTWNEINOC, laureate, cuirassed bust right 
Rev: PERINQEWN NEWKORWN, Serapis standing left holding a 
pair of boxers' hand wrappings (gloves) over a garlanded, flaming altar.

Moushmov 4564; BMC 39 (there, the gloves are described 
as a "basket suspended by a cord"

By permission of ancientcoinart.com, August, 2003.