★ Very Rare Korkyran Drachm – Ex Apostolo Zeno ★

KORKYRA. Korkyra. Drachm (Circa 338-250 BC).

Obv: KOPKYPAI.
Forepart of cow standing right.
Rev: K - I.
Double stellate pattern; grape bunch to left, kantharos to right.

Fried group V; SNG Copenhagen 170; HGC 6, 41.

Ex Apostolo Zeno Collection (Part III, Dorotheum, 26 March 1957). Very rare. Apostolo Zeno (1668-1750) was Court Poet to Holy Roman Emperor Karl VI and wrote libretti for operas by Scarlatti and Vivaldi. His coin collection, formed before 1750 and rivaling that of the emperor himself, was sold at auction between 1955-7 by Dorotheum Wien. At the time of the sale, it was one of the oldest provenanced collections to be offered for sale.

Condition: Near very fine, some cleaning marks.

Weight: 5.08 g.
Diameter: 17 mm.