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Athena in Corinthian Helmet + Pegasus:


Bruttium Lokroi Eizephyrioi 300-268 BC AE 23 Athena Pegasus

 

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I posted this photo yesterday in a different thread - was that your inspiration for this one, or is it merely another example of great minds thinking alike?

 

That's where I thought it was. Looks like a winged horse to me.

 

Sadly, I have nothing to show here, but I do love all the Pegasi and the neat control marks on everyone's Corinthian staters. I may need to find myself one sometime soon.

 

Stunning Pegasus coins! This one is humble, but from another part of the ancient world. They have nice fable animals in Persia. It flew right into my collection very recently.



Sinatruces (c. 93/92-70/69 BC, intermittently). AE dichalkous. Obv. Tiaraed bust with ear flaps, short beard. Rev. Pegasus jumping to the right. 5 lines of text. 17 mm, 2.58gr. Sellwood 33.12 (Gotarzes, according to Sellwood).

 

What a great AND DIVERSE group of Pegasus coins our CT club has assembled in this thread.

If we see a group of Pegasi flying across the sky is it a team, herd, hallucination, or flock? This has probably been debated many times before. Thanks to everyone for the kind words and the great coins posted.

 

ATTICA, Athens
New Style Tetradrachm
130 – 29 B.C.
Obv: Head of Athena facing right with
double-crested Attic helmet
adorned with Pegasos.
Rev: Owl standing right on fallen am-
phora with head facing, elephant
symbol to right, all within olive
wreath.

 

Aes Grave semis of Roman Republic.

Anyone remember this?

 

My first car was a 1967 Pontiac GTO and when the seller gave me the ignition key, it was in the shape of Pegasus. It seems that back then Mobil would make you a key, with their logo, with a fill up.

I was proud of that key and had it only a short while, until one time, a friend and I went to a concert in Houston. We got out and headed for the building, then realized we had forgotten something under the seat. Since it was under his seat, I gave him the key and I waited and watched as he went back about a hundred feet to the car. After a moment he hollered my name and I walked back to him. It seems he put the key in upside down, and, thinking it was just stiff, he tried to force it to turn and of course he snapped the key off in the door lock.
Well, we went on to the concert, without what was under the seat, and after the show, I called a locksmith to come out and open my door and make me a key.

I think that was one of the most expensive concerts I've ever been to.

I kept the top half of that key for many, many years and as far as I know, I still might have it in a junk box somewhere.

I loved that car. I bought it from the original owner in July of 1972 for only $950.00.
It was so fast and powerful, I almost killed myself in it so many times.

I have a thousand stories involving that car.
You have just read one of them from....The Naked City.

 

Great story, @Hookman!

Sure do! Here's one of those iconic signs in Dallas c. 2017, a bit low-res because it was taken from my phone from atop Reunion Tower:

 

Korinth stater Calciati 417 Obv Pegasos flying left rv. head of Athena left filleted thyrsos behind. 345-307 B.C. 8.54 grms 20 mm

 

PEGASUS

Roman Republic Litrae Series:


RR AE Double Litra 235 BCE 19.5mm 6.54g Rome mint Hercules r club - Pegasus r club ROMA Cr 27-3 HN Italy 316 S 591

 

I was happy to win this Pegasos coin of Mithradates of Pontos (c. 85-65 BC), yesterday on ebay, from the collection of our beloved former CoinTalk member SteveX6. It shows the winged horse grazing, for fable animals may be hungry and thirsty, too.

 

Some very pretty coins in this post - and this is a pretty poor specimen of Pegasus with Bellerophon - with a chimaera reverse:



Leukas, Akarnania Æ 16
(c. 350-330 B.C.)
Bellerophon on Pegasos flying right / [ΛEYKA?], chimaera right in the style of Homer (head of lion, goat's head rising from middle of back, snake for tail); (no trident below).
cf. BCD Akarnania 243;
SNG Copenhagen 307.
(3.87 grams / 16 mm)