Corinthian staters were among the most widely circulated silver coins in the ancient Greek world, accepted from Sicily to the Levant and frequently used to pay mercenary soldiers. Their ubiquity earned them the nickname "colts" in antiquity, a reference that appears in ancient sources. Corinth's position controlling the diolkos — the overland portage route across the Isthmus — made her a commercial intermediary between the Aegean and Adriatic, and her coinage reflects that reach.
The BCD and Ravel references place this piece within a tightly sequenced die study. Ravel's 1936 classification remains the foundational typology for the series.
Corinthian staters were among the most widely circulated silver coins in the ancient Greek world, accepted from Sicily to the Levant and frequently used to pay mercenary soldiers. Their ubiquity earned them the nickname "colts" in antiquity, a reference that appears in ancient sources. Corinth's position controlling the diolkos — the overland portage route across the Isthmus — made her a commercial intermediary between the Aegean and Adriatic, and her coinage reflects that reach.
The BCD and Ravel references place this piece within a tightly sequenced die study. Ravel's 1936 classification remains the foundational typology for the series.