Corinthian Stater ca 510 - 490 B.C.
Corinth, a Greek city located on the narrow strip of land joining the Peloponessos with mainland Greece, ...
Corinth was an important Greek city in Biblical times, located at the crossroads of land and sea trade routes. Paul introduced Christianity to Corinth in 50-52 A.D.
Corinthia-Corinth, AR Stater, 345-307 BC
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Pegasus flying left, koppa below
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Head of Athena left wearing Corinthian helmet, I below chin, Nike behind flying left holding taenia in both hands
21mm x 22mm, 8.51g
Pegasi I, 420, p.
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Corinthia
[E. Curtius, Hermes, x. 215 sqq.; B. M. C., Corinth, &c., 1889; C. Oman, ‘Coins of Corinth' in Corolla Num., pp. 208 sqq.]
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Pamphylia, Side AR Tetradrachm. Head of Athena right in crested Corinthian helmet / Nike advancing left holding wreath; pomegranate to left.
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Corinth Stater
One of the first Greek states to adopt coinage, Corinth was a Greek city located on the narrow strip of land joining the Peloponessos with mainland Greece, ...
Corinth, her colonies, and the Peloponnese
GS194. Corinth, ca 4th Century BC, AR Stater (8.5g). Pegasos flies left, koppa below/Athena head left, plough behind, A below chin, Ravel 1022.
Corinth, Silver Trihemiobol (1 1/2 obols), 500-431 BC, 9mm diameter, .5 g
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Corinthian Metal mold Fakes
Many common reproductions made for giftware and never intending to fool collectors, are made in two-piece re-usable metal molds.
Corinthian capitol, found at Ai-Khanoum, 2nd century BCE.
These Hellenistic kingdoms established cities on the Greek model, such as in Ai-Khanoum in Bactria, displaying purely Hellenistic architectural features, Hellenistic statuary, ...
Corinth stater @390 BCE, (8.57 gm)
Obv: Helmeted laureate head of Athena left; Ivy leaf in right field
Rev: Pegasos; Koppa below.
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The Corinthian stater was adopted as the standard silver coin of Syracuse shortly before the restoration of the democracy by Timoleon, B.C. 345 (see Syracuse).
The coinage of Corinth is equally interesting and from an artistic point of view the early staters of the sixth century B.C. are of better style than either the Athenian or the Aeginetan of the same period.
The other most commonly seen helmet on ancient Greek coins is a Corinthian helmet, ...
258 G, 172 Pegasi of Corinth and colonies, 32 electrum of Mylilene and Miletos, 410 R, 61 Byz, 7 DA.
Pegasi of Corinth and colonies (172), electrum of Mylilene and Miletos (32)
52 (5/90) HQP. 850 ancients on 36 ppl + 4 color E.
There are many coins which bear no head at all, and others-the fifth century coins of Syracuse and the staters of Corinth are but two examples-on which the "heads" side is clearly the reverse.
par des colons corinthiens, fut assuré à partir de 485 avant J.-C. par Gélon, tyran de Géla depuis 491 avant J.-C. Il avait remporté une victoire aux Jeux olympiques de 488 avant J.-C.
It was in this context that Rome produced its first Greek-style silver didrachm (Crawford 13/1) with the head of Mars wearing a Corinthian helmet on one side and the head of a horse with the inscription ROMANO (worn off on the example shown) and a ...
Bearded and draped head of Mars facing right, wearing Corinthian helmet; in left field, mark of value, aX. Reverse: Eagle standing right, with spread wings, on thunderbolt. Below, ROMA.
Coins from important cities like Athens and Corinth were known by their consistent images. Coins from Athens were called "owls" and the coins of Corinth were called "colts" or "foals.
Greek cities include famous names such as Athens and Corinth. Despite their antiquity and architectural splendor, these cities had limited economic power, as Greece was in decline and was becoming depopulated.
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The obverse of this coin includes an intricate carving of a single Corinthian column, the type found on the Capitol building.
570 BC Use of coins spreads rapidly from Lydia to Greece
Aegina (c. 595 BC), Athens (c. 575 BC), and Corinth (c. 570 BC) start to mint their own coins.
*28971 Caria. Kaunos. After 167 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.09) . Athena in crested Corinthian helmet right/Sword in sheat with strap, spear-point at lower rigth, magistrate's name at top (indistinct). K-X. BMC-14v. F-VF. $75 [image] ...
Obv: M AVP [ANTΩ]NEINOC CEB
Laureate head right.
Rev: ΦΛAVIOΠOΛEITΩN ET SMP
(= year 146 of the Era of Flaviopolis = AD 218/19)
Bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.
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Julius Constantius and his brothers, who were still very young, spent the next two decades under virtual house arrest at Tolosa, and later in Corinth. This was certainly to keep them from attempting to grab power for themselves.
Latin characters directly into the 'Reverse inscription' search field. (Try, for example, inputting 'COR'. It is part of the Antonine standard ethnic 'C L I COR' for C(olonia) L(aus) I(ulia) COR(inthiensis) — the Latin name of Corinth.) ...
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