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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Epirus| > GS88334
Korkyra (Corfu), Island off Epirus, Greece, c. 525 - 450 B.C.
|Epirus|, |Korkyra| |(Corfu),| |Island| |off| |Epirus,| |Greece,| |c.| |525| |-| |450| |B.C.|, In the Persian War of 480 BC, Greek envoys were sent to Korkyra requesting aid. Korkyra enthusiastically promised ships, and fitted out sixty of them, but they failed to arrive in time for the battle of Salamis. Herodotus credits this as a desire among the Korkyraeans to remain neutral and thus not support the losing side. The excuse given for failing to join the battle was unfavorable winds, whereas Herodotus says that, had the Persians been victorious, the Korkyraeans would have claimed to have deliberately avoided the battle and, thereby, gain favor from the invading Persians.
GS88334. Silver triobol, SNG Cop 147; BMC Thessaly p. 117, 45; HGC 6 44 (S), aF, irregular shaped flan, bumps, scratches, encrustations, Korkyra (Corfu, Greece) mint, weight 2.263g, maximum diameter 12.3mm, c. 525 - 450 B.C.; obverse amphora; reverse star with eight rays around central pellet, within round incuse; scarce; SOLD










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