Korkyra; Herakles/galley
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Description
Korkyra, 229 – 148 BC. Damostratos, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress / ∆AMOCTPATOC, prow of a galley right
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE22 |
| Weight [g]: | 7,42 |
| Grade: | gF/F |
| Attribution: | SNG Cop 230; HGC 6, 86 |
| Commentary: | rare; green patina, well centered |
Historical Context
The name of the polis (and hence the island) was already present in Mycenaean Greek in a word "ko-ro-ku-ra-i-jo" ("man from Korkyra") written in Linear B ca 1300 BC.
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