Description: Korkyra, Korkyra, 3rd century BC. Head of young Dionysos wreathed with ivy right / K-O; kantharos, grape above.

Diameter: AE16 mm

Weight: 5,02 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: BMC 139, 396

Commentary: brown patina, well centered, good details

History: The earliest reference to Korkyra is the Mycenaean Greek word ko-ro-ku-ra-i-jo ("man from Kerkyra") written in Linear B syllabic script, ca 1300 BC.

Article Number: 043-10-06-41652