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Ancient Coinage of Corcyra


[SNG Copenhagen 240]
Corcyra or Korkyra, modern Corfu; an island in the Ionian Sea, off the coast of ancient Epieros, or modern Albania

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BMC 169Epiros, Korkyra. Ca. 350-300 B.C. Æ 16. Forepart of bull right / grapes. TextImage
BMC 387Korkyra AR Hemidrachm. ca 229-48 BC. Pegasos flying left, ethnic in monogram form below / Head of Aphrodite left; monogram behind. McClean 5224. TextImage
BMC 536Corcyra, Magistrate Philo, AE 20, 300-229 BC. Herakles / Prow. TextObvRev
SNGCop 137Korkyra. ca 229-48 BC. Æ 21mm. Head of Herakles right in lionskin / KOR monogram, prow of a galley right; FILWN Prytanes. BMC 539. TextImage
SNGCop 141Korkyra AR Stater. ca 550-500 BC. Cow standing right, head left, suckling calf standing left / Stellate pattern within double rectangles; square & diamond within. TextImage
SNGCop 169Korkyra. ca 4th Century BC. Æ 18mm. Dionysos, hurling a thyrsos, riding a galloping panther right / KOP, satyr standing right, emptying a large amphora into a krater. TextImage
SNGCop 221Korkyra. Circa 229-48 BC. Æ 17mm. Laureate head of Poseidon right; trident / Bull's head facing, in wreath. TextImage
SNGCop 239Korkyra Æ 23mm. Circa 229-48 BC. Laureate head of Poseidon right; trident behind / Prow of galley right; FILWNIDAS (Prytanes). TextImage
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SNGCop 240Korkyra Æ 27mm. ca 229-48 BC. Jugate heads of youthful Herakles, laureate, & Korkyra, in an ivy wreath, right / KORKURAIW-N, prow of a galley right; FILWTAS Prytanes. BMC 557. TextImage
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SNGCop 251Korkyra. Circa 48 BC, 138 AD. Æ 19mm. Zeus Casius enthroned left, holding scepter / Agreus, holding cornucopiae, standing left betwen two columns. BMC Thessaly 591ff. TextImage
SNGFitz_2637Korkyra. ~450-420 BC. AR Stater (9.82 gm). Cow standing left, head right, with suckling calf / Double stellate pattern in square frame; KOP around, thyrsos left. TextImage

Septimius Severus
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Epirus, Corcyra. Septimius Severus. A.D. 193-211. Æ 18. Pegasus. TextImage

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Septimius Severus Æ 24mm of Corcyra. A K L CEP C-EVHPOC PE, laureate head right / KOPKV-PIWN, galley sailing right; in exergue, dolphin swimming right. SNG Cop 263.TextImage

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Corcyra. Septimius Severus Æ26. L C CEBHPO C PEP CE, laureate bust right / KOPKVPAIWN, Pegasus, bridled, galloping right. Lindgren 1480.TextImage

Plautilla
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Plautilla Æ 27mm of Corcyra. Draped bust right / Pegasos, bridled, galloping right. TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Corfu / Korkyra
Search for Corcyra or Korkya at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Corcyra on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Corcyra in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Corcyra at AncientImports.com
Search for Corcyra at Incitatus Coins

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