There have been many threads with "pigasus" coins. This one https://www.cointalk.com/threads/boared.285714/#post-2554889 has the marvelous collection of @TIF as of a year ago. (A lot has changed in a year, hasn't it @TIF? I hope your place and business will be able to recover from the hurricane.) Well, I thought they were very neat and I like Greek fractions, so I tried for a few as fractions (they come larger, too) and eventually got my first in the recent Naumann auction: The coin in hand looks much more metallic than this "dry" Naumann photo. Ionia. Klazomenai. 1.09 grams. 10 mm. Forepart of winged boar right four-part incuse square ("quadripartite" incuse square) SNG Turkey I 334-335 "5th C. B.C."
Nice! I think I need to get one of these just because of the word "Pigasus." (But I like Greek fractions too.)
TIF's enthusiasm for these at the time was quite infectious . There was a pretty decent didrachm in the Gorny & Mosch auction that just closed. I picked up my fraction a few years ago. The style is noticeably different from yours, and it's a fair bit heavier, but I have it attributed as a diobol as well. IONIA, Klazomenai AR Diobol. 1.35g, 10.5mm. IONIA Klazomenai, circa 499-494 BC. SNG Kayhan 334–5; SNG von Aulock 1983. O: Forepart of winged boar right. R: Quadripartite incuse square.
These (and the more bizarre biga/quadriga-towing critter combinations) were first brought to my attention by @TIF. Fun stuff! The ones posted here so far are no exception. (I, alas, have none to add.) I love the "Pigasus" moniker, too. Brilliant!
LOVE the 'Pigasus' posts!! I chased one a few weeks ago but lost out to a higher bidder. One of these days...
I admit, @TIF turned me on to Pigasus... AND! @Valentinian , yours is FANTASTIC! Like that one a lot. Even the "boring" photo is great. Mine (yeah, TIF saw it, and did NOT have it in her entourage: Ionia Klazomenai 480-400 BC AR Drachm Pentobol 3.5g 13mm Forepart winged boar r gorgoneion incuse sq Cf SNG Copenhagen 12 Rare This was a double-whammy for me: GORGON and WINGED PIG?!?!! DONE!
