Corcyra. Corcyra. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of the Antonines AD 138-192.
Bronze Æ
20 mm, 3,87 g
ΑΓΡΕΥϹ, Agreus standing left, holding cornucopia with left hand / [ΖΕVϹ] ΚΑϹΙΟϹ, Zeus Kasios seated left, holding long sceptre with left hand.
Light brown patina with emerald-green highlights. Very fine.
RPC IV.1 online 4597; SNG Copenhagen 250.
Ex Dr. F. Jarman Collection.
Zeus Kasios had a celebrated temple in Kassiope, at the northern extremity of Corcyra, at whose altar Nero sang.