Korinth

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Events

Created

When	550-500 BC [About]
Where	Corinth

Found

Where	Zagazig

Relation to places

Greece

Keywords

Archaic Greece City Classical antiquity Coin Gegenstempel, Erasionen u.a Mythical creature Silver Stater

Description

Front: Nach l. springender gezäumter Pegasos. Reihe aus sechs Punkten vor Flügel, der aus neun Schwingen besteht.
Rear: Incusum in vier Teilen, die jeweils einander diagonal zugeordnete Gamma-Form bilden.
Overstruck: A coin or medal used as a flan to produce a new coin and that has been struck with a new die.
Chop mark: A mark of undefined form made normally with a chisel-like tool, for example to test the purity of the core of a coin. It can also be the result of damage caused when the object was found.

Inscription

Vorderseite: K (K als Koppa)

Similar objects

IGCH: 1645

Material/Technique

Silver; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 24 mm
Weight: 8.74 g

Part of

Schatzfund von Zagazig (61)

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Literature

C. M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (1976) 80 Nr. 221-222 Taf. 13 (540-515 v. Chr.).
H. Dressel - K. Regling, Ägyptische Funde altgriechischer Münzen, ZfN 37, 1927, 125 Nr. 233 Taf. 5 (diese Münze) = IGCH I Nr. 1645.
O. E. Ravel, Les 'poulains' de Corinthe I (1936) 45 f. Nr. 25 a (dieses Stück, 625-585 v. Chr.).