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Stater
| Issuer | Corinth |
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| Year | 375 BC - 300 BC |
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| Weight | 8.6 g |
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| Reverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing left, wearing a Corinthian helmet pushed back on the head, with wavy locks of hair escaping beneath the helmet and cascading to the neck. The portrait is rendered in fine classical style with delicate facial features. To the right of the head appears the control letter epsilon (Ε) and an additional secondary control symbol, likely a caduceus or similar device. The field is slightly recessed within an incuse square border consistent with Corinthian die-making practice. |
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| Mintage | ND (375 BC - 300 BC) |
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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.