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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Featured Collections| > |Sold Collections| > |William Turner Collection| > WT46626
Corinth, Corinthia, Greece, c. 375 - 368 B.C.
|William| |Turner| |Collection|, |Corinth,| |Corinthia,| |Greece,| |c.| |375| |-| |368| |B.C.|, Ex William Turner Collection. William Turner (1792 - 1867), British diplomat of the early 19th century, authored his interesting and opinionated Journal of a Tour in Levante (1820) describing his adventures in the area. This specimen was obtained by Turner in the course of his travels (1812 - 1817).

I:292 "..[At] the site of the ancient town of Hexamillia built across the Isthmus [from Corinth]..We found the cottagers all dancing to wretched music..I asked them if they had any medals and immediately they all flocked around me, each with a few, which I purchased from five, ten and twenty paras a piece. These were mostly of Corinth and Phokis."
WT46626. Bronze AE 18, William Turner Collection 360 (this coin); BMC Corinth p. 57, 472 ff., F, Corinth mint, weight 4.941g, maximum diameter 17.8mm, die axis 90o, obverse helmeted head of Athena left; reverse KOPINΘIΩN, ornate trident head; SOLD












Journal of a tour in the Levant, Volume 1

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Journal of a tour in the Levant, Volume 3

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