v08_0044 - CORINTHIA - CORINTH Statère
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 114.34 €
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 114.34 €
Type : Statère
Date: c. 365 AC
Mint name / Town : Corinthe, Corinthie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 8,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 11e
Coments on the condition:
Faiblesse de frappe sur le Pégase au droit / Flan légèrement corrodé au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : Q (KAPPA ARCHAÏQUE).
Obverse description : Pégase volant à gauche, les ailes déployées.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête d'Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien ; derrière, statuette de Zeus debout à gauche, tenant un foudre et un long bâton transversal.
Reverse legend : D - I.
Commentary
Même coin de droit que les exemplaires du Staatlich de Berlin (R.714 pour le droit et R.713 pour le revers).
Historical background
CORINTHIA - CORINTH
(400-350 BC)
Corinth became one of the most important cities of Greece by controlling militarily and economically the isthmus of the same name. Founded by the Aeolian, Corinth was located between central Greece and the Peloponnese. It is the motherland of many cities, Corinthian colonies, including Syracuse, Corcyra, Ambracia, Anactorium and Leucas. During the Peloponnesian War (431-404 AC.) it was, with Sparta, one of the most implacable enemies of Athens. Corinth succeeded in maintaining its independence against the suffocating domination of the Macedonians. At the end of the reign of Philip II of Macedon (359-336 AC.), it allied itself with Athens and Thebes and was defeated at the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC. Philip maintained its autonomy..
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