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Stater
| Issuer | Corinth |
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| Year | 375 BC - 300 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Pegasus, the winged horse, depicted in left-facing flying gallop, with large spread wings rendered in fine detail and a bridled head. The figure is modeled in high relief with confident archaic style. Below the horse, the Corinthian koppa (Ϙ), the city's characteristic mint symbol, appears in the lower field. The flan is broad and slightly irregular, typical of Corinthian silver coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Corinthian staters functioned as the dominant trade currency across the western Greek world for nearly two centuries, circulating so widely through Corinthian colonies and commercial networks that they were minted not only at Corinth itself but at Syracuse, Leucas, Ambracia, and dozens of other cities — each adapting the type to local dies while preserving the essential weight standard. The sheer volume of issuing authorities has made precise attribution a long-standing scholarly problem, with Ravel's foundational 1936 die study still the baseline reference for sequencing the Corinthian series.