Another coin which I have problem to identify. Av. Flying Pegasos. Rv. Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet, with something which looks like Dolphin on the right. Coin has ca. 20 mm diameter and is in quite bad condition.
You seem to have the coin attributions down; were you just looking for a reference? I would recommend going to websites such as Wildwinds, NGCcoin, CNGcoins, coinarchives; then use their keyword search. I simply searched the words "corinth dolphin." The following coins resemble yours. Question 1: Your photos are a little out of focus, do you notice any monogram directly behind Athena's neck, or under the cranium part of the helmet? Most of the following coins seem to show a faint "M" or "Σ." Question 2: Similar to question 1. Do you see a faint "O" with a line attached just to the right of Pegasus' rear legs? CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 400-375 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 7.81 g, 5h). Pegasos flying right; [koppa below] / Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet; retrograde Σ to left (barely visible); above, dolphin diagonally downward right. Ravel 915 (P374/T522); Pegasi 344; BCD Corinth 89; BMC 390 (same dies); Bement 1187 (same obv. die); Pozzi 1684 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die, minor pit and edge chip on obverse. CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 400-375 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 8.22 g, 12h). Pegasos flying right / Helmeted head of Athena right; Σ, dolphin before. Pegasi 346; BCD Corinth 89. VF, toned, some light roughness. CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 400-375 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 8.30 g). Pegasos flying right / Helmeted head of Athena right; dolphin right above, S (retrograde) behind. Pegasi 344; BCD 89. Good VF, toned, die shift. CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 405-345 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 8.08 gm). Pegasos flying right / Helmeted head of Athena right; dolphin above, retrograde S behind. Pegasi I pg. 239, 344; Ravel 921. Near VF, toned. CORINTHIA. Corinth. Ca. 405–350/45 BC. Silver stater (8.39 gm). Pegasus flying right / Head of Athena right in Corinthian helmet, dolphin right above visor, retrograde Ó behind neckpiece. Calciati 344 (O under chin either absent, or not struck up, as on present specimen) and 344/1 (same obverse die, in similar state). Ravel 914. Minor granularity in upper reverse field. Extremely fine. It appears your coin would fall under the 405-345 BC category of Corinthian Staters. It's unfortunate that someone holed it x2 to probably attach it to a piece of clothing or make a necklace out it. Would be more interesting if it were holed in antiquity compared to contemporary damage. It's a nice conversation piece. -Michael
Mine: (probably minted later than yours) CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 375-300 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 8.53 g, 5h). Pegasos flying left / Helmeted head of Athena left, helmet decorated with laurel wreath; A P flanking neck truncation; to right, pellet and Athena Promachos right. Ravel 1015; Pegasi 433; BCD Corinth –; HGC 4, 1848. Near EF, toned.
Thanks for fast answer and very exact description. Also thanks for indicate another websites when I can find some knowledge. About the photo… Unfortunately I can’t make it sharper, my camera is quite bad in case of macro photos. But as I can see there is no any faint "M" or "Σ." It should be visible, even in a coin with such condition, because this point seems to be very rough to wipe off. But about “O” next to Pegasus horseshoe, there is barely visible convexity. So it is possible that in the past there was something. About the holes… Even the seller wouldn’t know when it happen, so it will be mystery of this coin. One more time thanks for answer.
Hello Grzegorz, It is nice to meet your new coin. Did you happen to get a weight on the coin (obviously including the holes)? Here is my Corinthian stater with dolphin on the reverse. Athena faces left on my coin. CORINTHIA, Corinth AR Stater ca. 400 B.C. 8.29 grams, 21 mm Obv: Pegasos w/ artfully pointed wing flying left Rev: Head of Athena left wearing Corinthian helmet, porpoise above and palmette behind. Grade: aVF with beautiful toning and unusual fine style on both obverse & reverse. Athena, porpois, and palmette are strong. Pegasos is softly struck possibly from worn dies Other: Ex Christies Oct 1983 lot #25 From Dr Salslow coins Nov 2011.
Wonderful posts!! I'm after one of those types myself.....so many coins, so little time....and even less of a remaining budget LOL
Very nice collection of Crinthian Staters... Weight of my stater with holes is about 7,9 gram... So It should be about 8 And to continue Mikey's topic about the budget... Yes it is very tight.
