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Stater
| Issuer | Corinth |
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| Year | 350 BC - 285 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing left, wearing a Corinthian helmet pushed back on the head to reveal her finely rendered facial features, with flowing locks of hair visible beneath the helmet rim and along the neck. The portrait is executed in the elegant late Classical style associated with Corinthian coinage. To the right of the goddess, the letter alpha (A) appears as a secondary control mark in the field, accompanied by a bee rendered in fine detail above or beside it. The composition is well-centered within the incuse square field of the hammered flan. |
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Corinthian staters of this period circulated far beyond the Greek mainland — Corinth's commercial network pushed them into Sicily, the Adriatic coast, and as far as the Levant, making the type one of the most widely recognized silver coinages of the 4th century. Imitations were struck by at least a dozen Sicilian and northwestern Greek mints, which complicates attribution of borderline pieces.
Ravel's classification remains the standard reference for die linkage within this dense series. Pegasi 397–398 fall within a well-documented die sequence from Corinth's own workshops rather than a colonial issue.