NewStyleKing Posted February 10 · Member Share Posted February 10 There are shed loads of Pegasus Arkarnia and Corinth mint coins on the market. Where would the hoards come from? Local to Corinth and their colonies? I take it that the coins are found together and that the coins were free to circulate between the various symmatic colonies. I guess the hoard is from continental Greece? Anyone know anything and can add detail.. Just interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted February 10 · Supporter Share Posted February 10 It depends on when they were from date-wise. In the 5th century, according to Sally-Anne Coupar from the Hunterian in Glasgow who did a lot of work on the coins and incidentally whose PhD thesis is still a good reference - "hoards in or around Corinth, with the exception of the Isthmia temple deposit, clearly a special case, only ever contain coins of Corinth or pegasi from her colonies in Greece. Hoards in Greece containing Corinthian coins outwith (ha now there's a good Scottish word!) Corinth are nearly always found in or around her colonies. This evidence may suggest that, while the pegasi of the Corinthian colonies were allowed to circulate freely in Corinth, all other incoming foreign coin from tourists, traders and taxes was immediately taken to the mint where it was either melted down or restruck. Price suggests that because no Athenian coins are found in the Isthmia "hoard", the Athenian coins arriving in Corinth (as evinced by the Laurion silver and the wappenmunzen overstrike) were immediately melted down or re-used for Corinthian issues upon arrival. However, the Isthmia group represents a temple deposit, where travellers made an offering in their local currency so this deposit probably accumulated over a period of time, and it seems unlikely that the temple officials would sort through the offering for Athenian coin to send to the Corinthian mint, leaving the Aeginetan and other coins aside. A more likely explanation is that either Athenians did not visit the temple at Isthmia at this time, or they traded in their "owls" for pegasi before they arrived at the city of Corinth to have local spending money for their visit..." etc After 400BC there are a few hoards found elsewhere, and after 350 not surprisingly (Timoleon etc) there's a huge increase elsewhere, especially Sicily and Southern Italy. @NewStyleKing which auctions (*if auctions) are you referring to in particular? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewStyleKing Posted February 11 · Member Author Share Posted February 11 Stacks, particularly caught my eye. Corinth and Akrania....spelt wrongly in the title! But a quick search on biddr with pegasi shows how many are for sale! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted February 19 · Supporter Share Posted February 19 (edited) For all interested: Coupar, Sally-Anne (2000) The chronology and development of the coinage of Corinth to the Peloponnesian War. PhD thesis. University of Glasgow. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2557 Edited February 19 by Sulla80 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted February 19 · Supporter Share Posted February 19 Or here for $1,000 😀 https://www.biddr.com/auctions/kolbefanning/browse?a=4277&l=5056641 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.