Been after one for ever, husband has said I can pull the trigger for one for Christmas. This is the first time I have every looked up Winged Boar. Not posting until it arrives. What I didn't realise that it was KHRYSAOR (Chrysaor) brother of Pegasus who sprang from the head of Medusa when Persius cut it off.. Who'd have thought? In the meantime, post your pigasususus or pegasususus.....
Well, if had to pick only one ancient coin as my favorite, this one might be it. It was certainly the most expensive coin I've ever bought!
A Gallienus example, well either Pegasus or one of Sol's horses: Gallienus (253-268 A.D.) AE antoninianus, Rome mint. Sole reign. Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right Reverse: SOLI CONS AVG, Pegasus springing right. Officina letter A offset to right of exergue. Reference: Goebl 712; RIC V-1, Rome 283 var (mintmark A); Sear 10362.
Excellent, Pish! Which type do you want? I have a fairly broad collection of Pigasi . They were my main quest for a few years and I'm still keeping an eye out for a couple of types which have so far eluded me. The Pigasus examples shown above are from Klazomenai (the majority of coins in this composite), Kisthene, Mytilene, Samos, and Rhodos (Ialysos). Here's a denomination set of archaic silver winged boars of Klazomenai: The denomination nomenclature seems to be unsettled. The largest coin is 6.77 gm. I've seen it called a drachm, didrachm, and stater. The next largest coin is 3.33 gm and I've seen it called a drachm and a hemidrachm. The next two are the most common and are usually listed as diobols but I've also seen them called tetrobols (?!, "tetrobol" must be a mistake); the weights of the coins shown are 1.0 gm and 1.2 gm, respectively. Lastly is a 0.27 flake of a coin, usually called a hemiobol which makes sense given the weights of the diobols. A rare Kisthene pigasus I wrestled away from Steve after he outbid me on it the first time: MYSIA, Kisthene Orontes, satrap of Mysia, c. 357-352 BCE AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol; 13 mm, 2.75 gm Obv: Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready Rev: Forepart of winged boar right Ref: Troxell, Orontes 4; SNG France 1164A (Lampsakos); SNG von Aulock Very rare. ex X6 Collection
Kind of hard to see, but there's Pegasus on the reverse of this Parthian AE: Parthia Æ Tetrachalkon Mithradates III / IV (58-54 B.C.) Ecbatana Mint Diademed bust left with short beard, segmented necklace / Pegasus flying right, eight-line Greek inscription around. Sellwood 41.18 (Mithradates III); Shore 507. (3.44 grams / 17 mm)
I am unfortunately pigasussless, but I do have a trio of pegasusses I am very fond of. This one is supposed to be RIC 921 but it is a Limes denarius from the borderlands of the empire. Some have speculated that these were used by the military stationed in the provinces. Far too cool for me not to have it. Now this one is a rarity. I have seen exactly 2 of these come to market in the last 3 years or so. What makes it so rare is the shortened obverse legend. Normally it should read CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS. This coin uses CAES instead of CAESAR. Of course another great thing about this coin is that it was once owned by our own @David Atherton A rare 'O' mint denarius for Vespasian. I love the elegant Pegasus on the reverse. It is RIC 1473.
I have the Drachma version PIGASOS Ionia Klazomenai 480-400 BC AR Drachm 3.5g 13mm Forepart winged boar r Gorgon incuse sq Cf SNG Copenhagen 12 Rare
Looking forward to your flying porker, Pish! 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.
PEGASUS Bruttium Lokroi Eizephyrioi 300-268 BC AE 23 Athena Pegasus ROman Republic 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
PEGASOS PONTOS Amisos 85-65 BCE Æ24 12.2g Mithradates VI as Perseus r Phrygian helmet Pegasos grazing l Malloy 33b HGC 7 239 Roman Republic Q Titius AR Quinarius 90 BCE PEGASUS Sear 240
@TIF, an astonishing collection! Very delectable! @Alegandron, funny, my best Pegasus is much the same as yours. It's from Stevex6's collection. Amisos, Pontos, AE20, time of Mithridates, 85-65 BC. Obv. Helmeted head of Perseus right. Rev. Pegasos grazing left; two monograms in exergue. 20.5 mm, 11.11 gr. Ex Stevex6 collection. And there's my tiny camelasus, a counterstamp on an imitation of a Sasanian drachm: AR drachm, ‘Yabghu of Tokharestan’ type, 7th century. Good silver imitation of a drachm of Hormizd IV. Obv. ‘Hormizd IV’ to the right, his name coarsely written, his crown altered. Countermarks: 1. winged camel, 2. vague text. Rev. fire altar with attendants, unreadable text. Countermark: 3. (Pahlavi?) text. 32.5 mm, 2.88 gr. Zeno #168247 gives some more information.
No flying bacon in Athens. Just a tribute to Mithradates by his friend and future co-partner and tyrant Aristion
[QUOTE=" And there's my tiny camelasus, a counterstamp on an imitation of a Sasanian drachm: [/QUOTE] I have to look for flying camels now?????
