Original scientific paper

Adriatic Corcyra coin from the Liburnian hillfort Budim near Posedarje

Mato Ilkić orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-639X ; University of Zadar Departament of archaeology Obala kralja Petra Krešimira IV, br. 2, 23000 Zadar, Croatia

Abstract

This paper thematises so far unknown Adriatic
Corcyra coin, accidentally discovered at Budim, a
Liburnian hillfort in northern Dalmatia. The obverse
bears a head of Apollo, identical to the earlier known
coins of Corcyra. However, its reverse die, alongside
the grain ear, for the first time shows the legend KOP.
The legend's shortened version places this coin in
the new category of extremely rare Adriatic Corcyra
coinage. This numismatic discovery from the Hellenistic
period from the Budim hillfort represents the
oldest coinage circulating in the territory of southern
Liburnia.

Keywords

Adriatic Corcyra coins (Corcyra Melaina); prehistorical hillfort Budim (Posedarje); southern Liburnia (northern Dalmatia)

Hrčak ID:

172977

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/172977

Publication date:

22.12.2016.

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