Ancient Coinage of Corcyra


Corcyra or Korkyra, modern day Corfu; an island in the Ionian Sea, off the coast of ancient Epiros, or modern Albania.

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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
BMC 130-131Corcyra. AR Triobol, 4th c. BC. 2.41g. Amphora with bunch of grapes hanging from each handle. / K-O between the rays of a star of eight rays. BMC 130-131.TextImage
BMC 140Corcyra, AR Hemidrachm, ca. 500-400 BC. Amphora. / K-O-Ρ and bunch of grapes in the rays of a star of eight rays. BMC 140-141; Mionnet Supp. III, 13; Prokesch-Osten 8 in Denkschriften 1854.TextImage
BMC 169Corcyra. Ca. 350-300 BC. AE 16. Forepart of bull right / bunch of grapes. TextImage
BMC 193Corcyra, AR drachm, ca. 300-250 BC. 18 mm, 4.92 g. KOΡ-KY-ΡA around forepart of bull right. / Linear rectangle with two linear squares within, each containing a stellar pattern. Bunch of grapes to left, kantharos to right. K-I across lower fields. BMC 193-194; SNG Cop. 170; Dewing 1458.TextImage
BMC 257Corcyra, AE civic issue, ca. 229-48 BC. (Early Roman times). KOΡKYΔA above prow right. / Φ-I and K-O to left and right of kantharos, bunch of grapes above. BMC 257-258; Mionnet Supp. III, 82.TextImage
BMC 322Corcyra. AR Didrachm, 229-48 BC. 22 mm, 4.47g. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. / Pegasos springing right, (usually with ΡK monogram above), ΠA monogram below. BMC 322.TextImage
BMC 333Corcyra, AE20. 229-48 BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. / Amphora, ΡK monogram in left field. (No grapes above). BMC 333.TextImage
BMC 362Corcyra, AR Didrachm. c. 229-48 BC. 4.25 g. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. / Pegasos flying right, ABΡ and ΡK monograms below. BMC 362; SNG Cop 199.TextImage
BMC 369-371Corcyra, AR didrachm, 229-48 BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. / AΡK monogram above Pegasos right on prow, palm branch in mouth, ΡK monogram below. BMC 369-371.TextImage
BMC 372Corcyra. AR didrachm, 229-48 BC. 21mm, 4.70g. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. / Pegasos springing right on prow, ΡK and vAΡK monograms below. BMC 372; Hoover HGC 65.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 432Corcyra, AE20. 229-48 BC. Head of Dionysos left, wreathed with ivy. / Amphora, CΡK monogram in left field, bunch of grapes in right field. BMC 432; Hoover HGC 82 (this coin illustrated).TextImage
BMC 514-515Corcyra. AE22, civic issue. 229-48 BC. Magistrate Nikanor. 10.17 g. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress, club over right shoulder. / KOΡKYΡAIΩN NIKANOΡ in two lines, forepart of galley right. BMC 514-515.TextImage
BMC 536Corcyra, Magistrate Philon, AE 20, 300-229 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / ΡK monogram (KOΡ) above ΦIΛΩN, Prow. TextImage
BMC 582-583Corcyra, AE26, semi-autonomous issue. 11.3 g. KOΡKYΡAIωN, laureate and draped bust of Apollo right, ΡK monogram behind head, lyre before head. / ZEYC KACIOC, Zeus Kasios, holding sceptre, seated left on chair with a high back. BMC 582-583; RPC IV 7851.TextImage
BMC 587-589Corcyra, AE20. 48 BC-AD 138. 6.44 g. AΓΡEYC, Agreus, wearing long robe standing left, holding cornucopiae (which resembles a horse's head). / ZEYC KACIOC, Zeus Kasios, holding sceptre, seated left on chair with a high back. BMC 587-589; Weber 3079 (this coin); SNG Cop. 250.TextImage
Mionnet II, 39Korkyra, AE13 civic issue, 300-229 BC. 2.13 g. Veiled head of Dione right, fish upright behind head / Prow of galley right, KOΡ monogram in right field. Mionnet II, 39; SNG Evelpidis 1927.TextImage
Mionnet Supp. III, 14Corcyra. AR Triobol, 4th c. BC. 16 mm, 2.09g. Amphora. / K-O-Ρ between the rays of a star of eight rays. Mionnet Supp. III, 14; SNG Cop 158.TextImage
Mionnet Supp III, 56Corcyra, AE11, ca. 400 BC. 3.58 g. K-O, Amphora. / Π-A, bunch of grapes on a stem. Mionnet Supp. III, 56.TextImage
Naumann 70, 34Corcyra?, AE, ca. 229-48 BC. 3.18 g. Bearded head right, hair bound in a taenia. / KOΡ, female deity standing left, holding torch (?) and sceptre. Unpublished. City attribution uncertain, possibly from Corinth, Korone or Koroneia.TextImage
Pegasi II 9Corcyra, AR Corinthian stater. 338-250 BC. 8.5 g. Pegasus with pointed wing, springing right. / Head of Athena right, vine leaf on a branch behind head, Λ (sideways) beneath neck. Pegasi II, 9; BMC 4-5 var (K beneath Pegasos).TextImage
SNG Cop 137Korkyra. ca 229-48 BC. AE 21mm. Head of Herakles right in lionskin / KOR monogram, prow of a galley right; ΦIΛΩN Prytanes. BMC 539. TextImage
SNG Cop 141Korkyra AR Stater. ca 550-500 BC. Cow standing right, head left, suckling calf standing left / Stellate pattern within double rectangles; square and diamond within. TextImage
SNG Cop 148Corcyra, silver obol, 0.973g, max. dia. 9.2mm. Scallop shell / Four pointed star of five pellets in incuse punch. SNG Cop 148; BMC Corcyra (Thessaly etc.) p. 120, 99 var. (swastika shape and K reverse).TextImage
SNG Cop 169Korkyra. ca 4th Century BC. AE 18mm. Dionysos, hurling a thyrsos, riding a galloping panther right / KOP, satyr standing right, emptying a large amphora into a krater. SNG Cop 169; BMC Thessaly 182-192; Weber 3054; Traité 21; Mionnet II, 28. TextImage
SNG Cop 182Korkyra, Epeiros, 300-229 BC, AE19. Prow right / K-O to left and right of kantharos. SNG Cop 182.TextImage
SNG Cop 198Corcyra (Corfu), AR didrachm, after 229 BC. 4.94g, 19mm. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / Pegasos flying right; o on MP below. SNG Cop 198.TextImage
SNG Cop 212Corykyra, early Roman rule, ca. ca 229-48 BC. AE18mm, 6.91 g. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / K-O to left and right of kantharos, wreathed and containing ivy branch. SNG Evelpidis 1944 var. (head left); SNG Copenhagen 212; BMC 316 var (two branches); BMC 396 var (bunch of grapes above).TextImage
SNG Cop 221Korkyra. Circa 229-48 BC. AE 17mm. Laureate head of Poseidon right; trident / Bull's head facing, in wreath. TextImage
SNG Cop 227Corcyra (Corfu), AE24, 11.68 g, 3rd-1st century BC. Jugate heads of youthful Herakles and Korkyra, wearing stephane, right / KOΡKYΡAIΩN AΡIΣTEAΣ AΡIΣTΩNOΣ, prow right. SNG Cop. 227; BMC 493.TextImage
SNG Cop 239Korkyra AE 23mm. Circa 229-48 BC. Laureate head of Poseidon right; trident behind / Prow of galley right; ΦIΛΩNIΔAΣ (Prytanes). TextImage
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SNG Cop 240Korkyra AE 27mm. ca 229-48 BC. Jugate heads of youthful Herakles, laureate, and Korkyra, in an ivy wreath, right / KOΡKYΡAIΩ-N, prow of a galley right; ΦIΛΩTAΣ Prytanes. BMC 557. TextImage
SNG Cop 251Korkyra. Circa 48 BC, 138 AD. AE 19mm. Zeus Casius enthroned left, holding sceptre / Agreus, holding cornucopiae, standing left betwen two columns. BMC Thessaly 591ff. TextImage
SNG Fitz 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
BMC 659Septimius Severus AE18 of Korkyra (Corfu). AD 193-211. A K Λ CEΠ CEBHΡOC ΠE, Laureate head right / KOΡKYΡIΩN, Pegasus springing right. BMC 659; Calomino 33.TextImage
BMC 661Corcyra. Septimius Severus AE26. Λ C CEBHΡO C ΠEΡ CE, laureate bust right / KOΡKYΡΩN, Pegasus, bridled, galloping right. Lindgren 1480.TextImage
BMC 662Septimius Severus AE 24mm of Corcyra. A K Λ CEΠ CEYHΡOC ΠE, laureate head right / KOΡKYΡIΩN, galley sailing right; dolphin swimming right in exergue. BMC 662; SNG Cop 263. TextImage
JULIA DOMNA
Lindgren II 1481Julia Domna, AE25 of Corcyra (Corfu), 10.18 gr. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEB, draped bust right / KOΡKY-ΡAIΩN above and beneath Pegasus flying right. BMC 669; Calomino 35; Sear GIC 2326; Chaix 238; Lindgren II 1481.TextImage
SNG Cop 264Julia Domna. AE27 of Corcyra (Corfu), AD 193-217. 9.44 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CE, draped bust right. / KOΡKYΡAIΩN, galley right with sails and rowers, Nike standing right on the prow, holding wreath and palm branch, waves and dolphin swimming right below, apluster with Phrygian cap on the stern. SNG Cop. 264; Calomino Severans 34a; Moucharte 547-571; SNG Evelpidis 2032.TextImage
CARACALLA
BMC 675Caracalla AE20 of Corcyra, Epirus. AD 198-217. 6.25 g. M AY ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / KOΡKYΡAIΩN, Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, holding sceptre. BMC 675; Calomino 45; Moucharte 112-114.TextImage
BMC 681Caracalla AE26 of Corcyra, Epirus. AD 198-217. 9.77 g. MA AV ANTΩNEINOC AV BΡIT, laureate head right. / KOΡKYΡAIΩN, galley right with sail and rowers, waves below. BMC 681; Calomino 43.TextImage
BMC 684Caracalla AE25 of Corcyra, Epirus. AD 198-217. 9.01 g. MA AV ANTΩNEINOC EVC AVΓ BΡIT, laureate head right. / KOΡKYΡAIΩN, galley right with sail and rowers, waves below. BMC 684; SNG Evelpidis 2033.TextImage
SNG Cop 267Caracalla, AE25 of Corcyra. AD 198-217. 11.44 g. M A AY ANTΩNEINOC EY AY BΡI, laureate head right. / KOΡKYΡAIΩN, Pegasus springing right. Calomino 44; SNG Cop 267; Paris 265; Gréau 1306 corr. ("BΡIT").TextImage
PLAUTILLA
BMC 691Plautilla AE 27mm of Corcyra. AD 202-205. ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CEBACTH, Draped bust right / KOΡKYΡAIΩN, Pegasos, bridled, flying right. BMC 691; Lindgren 1482; SNG Cop. 271; SNG Hunterian 614; Calomino 24.TextImage
Calomino 19Plautilla, AE30 of Corcyra. AD 202-205. 12.6 g. ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CEBACTH, draped bust right. / KOΡKYΡAIωN, tetrastyle temple seen in perspective with Apollo standing left within. Calomino 19; Moucharte 420-421; Price & Trell 400.TextImage
Calomino 21Plautilla, AE25 of Corcyra. AD 202-211. 11.42 g. ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CEBACTH, draped bust right. / KOΡKYΡAIωN, masted galley sailing left with oarsmen, waves below. Calomino 21; Moucharte 674- 679; Chaix 241; Mionnet II, 74.Text Image
Mionnet II, 76Plautilla, AE22; 6.05 g.of Korkyra (Corfu), Epirus. ΠΛAYTIΛΛA CEBA, draped bust right / KOΡKYΡAIwN, Hera standing left, raising right hand. Mionnet II, 76; Calomino 27.TextImage
GETA
BMC 703Geta AE26 of Corcyra. AD 209-212. 11.7 g. Π CEΠTIMIOC ΓETAC EYC AYΓ BΡIT, laureate head right. / KOΡKYΡAIΩN, Pegasos flying right. BMC 703; Mionnet Supp. III, 204; Calomino 49; Moucharte 933-994.TextImage
BMC 704Geta, AE26 of Corcyra. AD 209-211. 7.87 g. Π CEΠTIMIOC ΓETAC EYC AYΓ BΡIT, laureate head right. / KOΡKYΡAIΩN, galley right with sail, helmsman and four rowers. BMC 704; Calomino 48; SNG Cop. 278.TextImage
Calomino 40Geta AE23mm of Corcyra. AD 209-212. 5.94 g. A K ΠO CE ΓETAC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. / KOΡKYΡAIΩN, Zeus seated left, holding sceptre. Calomino 40.TextImage
Paris 291Geta AE26 of Corcyra. AD 209-212. 7.68 g. A K ΠO CE ΓETAC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / KOΡKYΡAIΩN, Hera standing left, raising right hand. Paris 291; Mionnet II, 80; Calomino 41; Moucharte 378-382.TextImage
SNG Cop 276Geta, AE17 of Corcyra. AD 198-209. 4.98 g. Π CEΠ ΓETAC K, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / KOΡKYΡAIΩN, Dionysos sitting left on the back of a panther walking left with its head turned back. SNG Cop 276; Mionnet II, 82; Paris 294; Moucharte 398-404; Bernhart 815; Kurth Dionysos 1477.TextImage
SNG Cop 277Geta AE23 of Corcyra. AD 209-212. A K ΠO CE ΓETAC CE, laureate, cuirassed bust right. / KOΡKYΡAIΩN, Ares standing right, holding spear and parazonium. BMC 696; Calomino 13; SNG Cop. 277; Chaix 243.TextImage
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