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Stater
| Issuer | Korkyra |
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| Year | 400 BC - 300 BC |
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| Value | 1 Stater = 3 Drachm |
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| Reverse description | A distinctive double stellate (star-like) pattern is arranged in the form of a square within a double linear border, creating a complex geometric incuse design characteristic of Korkyraean reverse types. A thyrsos (the staff associated with Dionysus) is depicted to the left below the central pattern. The entire composition is enclosed within a linear circle, framing the design with a clean, formal border. The geometric arrangement serves as both a recognisable civic symbol and an artistic hallmark of this island mint's silver coinage. The Greek ethnic legend KOP appears in the field, identifying the issuing city. |
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| Reverse lettering | Κ Ο Ρ |
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Korkyra — modern Corfu — occupied a strategically lucrative position on the Adriatic trading route between Greece and Italy, and its coinage reflects that commercial orientation rather than any civic vanity. The island's persistent neutrality during the Peloponnesian War, maintained despite being the conflict's nominal trigger through the Epidamnos dispute of 435 BC, left it economically functional while mainland poleis exhausted themselves.
The BMC Greek 123 reference places this among a well-documented series, though die linkage studies have revealed considerable variation within the type across this century of production.