Drachm

Corinthian silver coinage dominated western Greek trade networks for over two centuries, with Corinth's strategic position on the isthmus making its currency the preferred medium of exchange across the Adriatic and into Sicily and southern Italy. The lightweight drachm denomination served commerce at a scale below the stater, Corinth's flagship export coin. By the mid-fourth century, Corinthian-type coinage was being struck by dozens of dependent cities and colonies — a monetary franchise of sorts — making attribution to the mother city itself a matter of close die study.