v38_0143 - EPEIROS- KORKYRA - KORKYRA Statère

MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Statère

Date: c. 229-48 AC.

Mint name / Town : Corcyre

Metal : silver

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,62 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais court sur les sujets. Usure régulière, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Faiblesse de frappe sur le portrait. Légèrement décentré sur la tête de Pégase. Recouvert d’une épaisse patine grise

Catalogue references :

BMC.355 - GC.2027 var.

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête de Dionysos à droite, couronné de vigne.

Reverse

Reverse description : Pégase bondissant à droite.

Reverse legend : (PA) (KOR).

Reverse translation : (Corcyre).

Commentary

Poids léger.

Historical background

EPEIROS- KORKYRA - KORKYRA

(3rd - 1st century BC)

The city of Corcyra was founded by Corinthian settlers. It was located on the island of the same name about twenty kilometers from the Epirote coast. Corcyra emancipated from its metropolis very early in the 6th century BC. The island followed the fate of its metropolis until 338 BC, when Corinth was captured by Philip II of Macedon. In the 3rd century, after having resisted Rome, the city fell into Roman hands in 229 BC and enjoyed a certain autonomy until 48 BC..

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