Corinth AR Stater Pegasus - My 2nd Ancient Purchase

Thanks I will. I've been lurking here for a while. Lots of fantastic ancients around here.

 

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is that really a corinthia?
I had never seen corinth athena without the neck piece, 5th, 4th or 3rd century BC style, never ever...

 

and that's a big head for 515-450ish BC. Left facng are rare for those to begin with, but that size of a head and exposed neck?

 

In case anyone is interested:
http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/index.aspx?CertNumber=4167312-001
NGC's reverse pictures are better than mine.

 

This tiny silver coin has Pegasus head-right. The obverse shows an incused facing shape. Till now, no body could determine if it's Corinthian or even guess the nearest possible ID.

 

akarnania obol or something. trihemiobol?

 

Thanks BN. Dimension is 12mm, but the coin is thick and heavy: 2.4 g. BTW.. I don't understand the word Akarnania.

 

Arkarnania (also spelled Acarnania) is a region of Greece:



On Wildwinds I didn't see anything like your coin for any of the cities of Akarnania.

The facing image may be an aegis of Medusa. Medusa is the mother of Pegasus, so that makes sense.

 

Great.. I had to search and found out that during the fifth century B.C. the Arcananians were allied with Athens in order to maintain their independence against Corinth and Sparta. However, Arcanania came under Spartan control sometime in the next fourth century B.C.

 

that's strange 7C, looks like a pontos gorgon with a corinth peagsus.

 

If you encapsulate but do not authenticate
then the
encapsulation hinders the authentication
and effects all
speculation, valuation and admiration
for a coin so puzzling.

signed....Slabby






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there are trihemiobol from both akarnania and corinthia (and somewhere else I think) with that general configuration but obviously those were tiny, half a gram.

TBH that doesn't really look like a gorgon to me. Gorgons are round, that's rectangular. Maybe it was a shield?

 

AKARNANIA Stater
350-250 B.C.
Mint: Anactorium
Diameter: 22.3 mm
Weight: 8.53 grams
Obverse: Pegasus with pointed wing flying left, mint mark AN monogram below
Reverse: Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet over leather cap, magistrate’s names KΛE above and monogram below, mint mark AN monogram and control-symbol filleted bucranium behind

 

In 314 B.C. the Arcananians formed a new city league around Stratus, their chief city. It existed until the year 30 B.C. when Arcanania was was included in the Roman province of Achaea. Maybe that could help a little bit..

 

Thanks for posting the NGC photo link. It doesn't change my original opinion of your coin. NICE COIN.

 

came across this guy, similar to joe's and attributed same way. 515-450 BC corinth.
Pegasi 71; Ravel 211

 

My latest modest research showed that the coin I posted above is a Half Siglos, an ancient Greek denomination.

 

Nice poem Slabby!

 

Thank you! That looks very close to my coin