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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Corinth| > SH46853
Corinth, Corinthia, Greece, 345 - 307 B.C.
|Corinth|, |Corinth,| |Corinthia,| |Greece,| |345| |-| |307| |B.C.|, Horace is quoted as saying: "non licet omnibus adire Corinthum," which translates, "Not everyone is able to go to Corinth" (referring to the expensive living standards that prevailed in the city). Corinth was renowned for the temple prostitutes of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, who served the wealthy merchants and the powerful officials living in or traveling in and out of the city. The most famous of them, Lais, was said to have extraordinary abilities and charged tremendous fees for her favors.
SH46853. Silver stater, Pegasi I 457, BCD Korinth 133, Ravel 1081, HGC 4 1848, BMC Corinth -, VF, Corinth mint, weight 8.368g, maximum diameter 21.6mm, die axis 315o, obverse Pegasos flying left, koppa below; reverse helmeted head of Athena (or Aphrodite) left, Δ below chin, I and Artemis running right with torch behind; SOLD










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