Coins from Peloponnese
The Peloponnese is a large peninsula at the southern tip of the Balkans, and part of the traditional heartland of Greece. It is joined to the Greek 'mainland' by the Isthmus of Corinth.

This category covers the regions of Acaea, Arcadia, Argolis, Corinthia, Ellis, Laconia and Messenia.

The most important cities of the Peloponnese were Corinth, Sparta, Argos, Olympia, Messine, Petrae and Orchomenos.
Peloponnese
(1) Achaean League
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An AR Hemidrachm struck c. 86 BC in Dyme
Obverse: head of laureate Zeus right

Reverse: fish under (AX) monogram all within wreath; (APT) left / ΔY up

Diameter: 15.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.2 g
ex Forum Ancient Coins
Clerk 55; BCD Peloponnesos 482
Greek (Leagues and Federations)
(2) Achaean League
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An AR Hemidrachm struck 160-146 BC in Megalopolis
Obverse: laureate head of Zeus right

Reverse: (AX) monogram, thunderbolt below, all within wreath; ΞB / K_A / M

Diameter: 15.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.4 g
No notes for this coin
Benner 17; BCD Peloponnesos 1551.1; HGC 5, 953
Greek (Leagues and Federations)
(3) Achaean League
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An AR Hemidrachm struck c. 188-180 BC in Mantineia
Obverse: laureate head of Zeus right

Reverse: (AX) monogram within wreath; A_N / CΩ

Diameter: 17 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.4 g
Mantinea as Antigoneia
Benner 5; BCD Peloponnesos 1492.2; HGC 5, 926
Greek (Leagues and Federations)
(4) Achaean League
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An AR Hemidrachm struck 100-80 BC in Pallantion
Obverse: laureate head of Zeus right

Reverse: (AX) monogram, trident below, all within wreath; A / Π_Λ / (YE)

Diameter: 14 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2 g
No notes for this coin
BCD Peloponnesos 1593.2; Benner 4; HGC 5, 969
Greek (Leagues and Federations)
(5) Antoninus Pius
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An AE Uncertain struck 138-161 AD in Corinth
Obverse: Obverse inscription ANTONINVS AVG PIVS Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, r.

Reverse: Reverse inscription C L I COR Reverse design Melikertes-Palaimon standing, r., on dolphin, r., raising arm

Diameter: 20 mm
Die Orientation: 9 H
Weight: 7.25 g
No notes for this coin
RPC IV.1, 5092 (temporary)
Roman Provincial (Adoptive Emperors)
(6) Argos
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An AR Triobol struck 125-80 BC in Argos
Obverse: forepart of dog

Reverse: big A, trident below; Δ _ A / MAP

Diameter: 15 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.03 g
No notes for this coin
BCD Peloponnesos 1145; SNG Copenhagen 47-8
Greek (City Coinage)
(7) Claudius
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An AE As struck 41-54 AD in Patrae
Obverse: bare head left; TI·CLAVDIVS·CAESAR·AVG·GERM

Reverse: aquila on thunderbolt right, signum on each side; COL·_·A·A·_PATR / X_XII

Diameter: 25 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 10.3 g
No notes for this coin
RPC 1256; BCD Peloponnesos 546.1
Roman Provincial (Twelve Caesars)
(8) Corinth
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An AR Stater struck 345-307 BC in Corinth
Obverse: Pegasos flying left, Q below

Reverse: Helmeted head of Athena right; ithyphallic herm and N behind

Diameter: 21 mm
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 8.57 g
No notes for this coin
Pegasi I 385; Ravel 1068
Greek (City Coinage)
(9) Hadrian
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An AE Diassarion struck 117-138 AD in Sparta
Obverse: laureate bust right, draped shoulder; ΑΥΤ{Ο} ΚΑΙ{СΑΡ} ΤΡΑΙ{Α} ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СΕΒ{ΑС}

Reverse: Dioscuri on horses right, holding spear and reins; ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩΝ

Diameter: 24 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 9.6 g
The information with this coin from the Albert Reeves collection says that it was bought for £2 back in 1984 from S P Kitson who graded it as 'Poor'. We have nothing else to say about it except that we are asking the same price now as it was 34 years ago.
Grunauer group XXXVII, series 1-11; RPC online Volume III, 335
Roman Provincial (Adoptive Emperors)
(10) Julia Domna
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An AE unit struck 198-209 AD in Phigaleia
Obverse: draped bust right; IOVΛIA ΔOMNA

Reverse: Hermes facing, holding caduceus and purse; ΦIAΛEΩN

Diameter: 20.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 4 g
No notes for this coin
BCD Peloponnesos 1649; NCP -, cf. pl. V, XII (rev. only, Severus); BMC -
Roman Provincial (Severan Period)
(11) Korinthos
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An AR Drachm struck 350-300 BC in Korinthos
Obverse: Pegasus left; Ϙ

Reverse: head of Aphrodite or nymph Peirene left; K

Diameter: 14.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 1.83 g
A very rare variant with only K in left field and no additional letter or monogramm in right field. Typical weight for this type is around 2,5 g.
SNG Vol: III 2129 Lockett Collection (2,28g) SNG Vol: VIII 879 Blackburn Museum SNG Cop - (cf 148), BMC - (cf 366), BCD - (cf 179)
Greek (City Coinage)
(12) Korinthos
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An AR Stater struck c. 515-450 BC in Korinthos
Obverse: Pegasos with reins left; Ϙ

Reverse: head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet and necklace right within incuse square

Diameter: 17.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 7.9 g
Exemplar der Sammlung Jean-Claude Bourgeois, Auktion Poinsignon, Besançon 26. Mai 2012, Nr. 190.
Ravel 129 var.
Greek (City Coinage)
(13) Marcus Aurelius
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An AE unit struck 161-180 AD in Corinth
Obverse: laureate head right; countermark: laureate male head right IM AVR ANTO_NINVS AVG

Reverse: naked athlete advancing left holding racing torch and palm branch; Melikertes-Palaimon lying on dolphin left; behind pine-tree; C L I COR

Diameter: 26 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 10.6 g
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7586 Ex Sammlung Shlomo Moussaieff
Cop 327; RPC IV.1, 7586 (temporary)
Roman Provincial (Adoptive Emperors)
(14) Olympia
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An AR Hemidrachm struck 312-271 BC in Olympia
Obverse: laureate head of Zeus right

Reverse: eagle right; olive leaf right; F _ A

Diameter: 14 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.65 g
No notes for this coin
BMC 84. Dewing 1896. McClean 6637. SNG Delepierre 2158
Greek (City Coinage)
(15) Olympia
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An AE Tetrachalkon struck c. 150 BC in Olympia
Obverse: laureate head of Zeus right

Reverse: legend within wreath; FA / ΛEI / ΩN

Diameter: 18 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.9 g
No notes for this coin
Cf. BCD Olympia 302-5; cf. SNG Copenhagen 446-8; cf. BMC 150
Greek (City Coinage)
(16) Phlius
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An AE unit struck c. 400-300 BC in Phlius
Obverse: bull butting left

Reverse: monogram :Φ:

Diameter: 10 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 1.1 g
No notes for this coin
SGCV I 2758; BMC 34, 13.
Greek (City Coinage)
(17) Q. Caecilius Niger | C. Heius Pamphilius
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An AE As struck 34-31 BC in Corinth
Obverse: Head of Aphrodite right, hair pulled back in ponytail, wearing pearl necklace - CORINT below bust.

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

Diameter: 22 mm
Die Orientation: 9 H
Weight: 6.55 g
Provenance: Nomos AG - Obolos 14 (15 December 2019), lot 335.
RPC I 1128
Roman Provincial (Republican Provincial)
(18) Sikyon
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An AR Hemidrachm struck c. 330-280 BC in Sikyon
Obverse: Chimera walking left; ΣI

Reverse: dove flying left, •

Diameter: 15 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.79 g
No notes for this coin
BCD Peloponnesos 292; SNG Cop 64; BMC Peloponnesus p. 46, 124
Greek (City Coinage)
(19) Sikyon
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An AR Triobol struck an unknown year in Sikyon
Obverse: Dove flying left

Reverse: M Monogram

Diameter: 11 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.1 g
SIKYONIA, Sikyon
SNG Copenhagen 103
Greek (City Coinage)
(20) Sikyon
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An AR Drachm struck 340-335 BC in Sikyon
Obverse: Dove alighted Left

Reverse: Dove flying Left inside Olive Wreath

Diameter: 0 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 5.53 g
No notes for this coin
BCD Pelops 224
Greek (City Coinage)