Ancient Corinth was one of the largest and most important cities of Greece, with a population of 90,000 in 400 BC. In classical times, Corinth rivaled Athens and Thebes in wealth, based on the Isthmian traffic and trade. Until the mid-6th century, Corinth was a major exporter of black-figure pottery to city-states around the Greek world, later losing their market to Athenian artisans.
During the Hellenistic period, Corinth, like many other Greece cities, never quite had autonomy. Under the successors of Alexander the Great, Greece was contested ground, and Corinth was occasionally the battleground for contests between the Antigonids, based in Macedonia, and other Hellenistic powers.
The Romans demolished Corinth in 146 BC, built a new city in its place in 44 BC, and later made it the provincial capital of Greece.
Modern location: Corinth, Greece
Reverse: Reverse inscription C L I COR Reverse design Melikertes-Palaimon standing, r., on dolphin, r., raising arm
Die Orientation: 9 H
Weight: 7.25 g
Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena right; ithyphallic herm and N behind
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 8.57 g
Reverse: head of Aphrodite or nymph Peirene left; K
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 1.83 g
Reverse: head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet and necklace right within incuse square
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 7.9 g
Reverse: naked athlete advancing left holding racing torch and palm branch; Melikertes-Palaimon lying on dolphin left; behind pine-tree; C L I COR
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 10.6 g
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Reverse: Bellerophon mounted on Pegasus prancing to right, preparing to strike with his spear the Chimaera at his right. - L • CAECIL • NIGR/ C • HEIO P AM above, II VIR in exergue
Die Orientation: 9 H
Weight: 6.55 g