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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 7944197, member: 96898&quot;]Here is a Corinth stater that I recently bought in a lot of high quality coins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1375542[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Corinthia, Corinth, AR stater, c. 405–345 BC. Obv: Pegasus galloping l.; below, Ϙ. Rev: head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet l.; in field r., statue of Poseidon hurling trident (?). Ref: Reverse: Ravel T 466 (?); Cammann 99d. 22mm, 8.52g.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>The type really needs no introduction on this board. I had been looking for a decent example for a long time and am happy I finally found one!</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet, I have an identification problem. The Corinthian pegasus-series is large, and there is an enormous number of dies and control marks. I couldn&#039;t identify the obverse die of my coin yet, but its reverse field mark, apparently a statue of Poseidon, is rather scarce. I found pictures of only two other examples online, and both are die matches to my coin. The first is from Jean B. Cammann: The Symbols on Staters of Corinthian Type: A Catalogue, New York: ANS 1932, no. 99d:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1375541[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The second was sold in 2009 by Herbert Grün, auction 52, lot 81, and again in 2017 by Gorny&amp;Mosch, auction 249, lot 254:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1375540[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The auction listings for this coin mention that the reverse die is recorded as T 466, coin no. 810 in O. Ravel: Les “Poulains” de Corinthe. Basel 1936-1948. They also claim that it is not in R. Calciati: Pegasi. Mortara 1990. Calciati and Ravel are the standard reference works for Pegasus staters. Both books are rare, expensive, and long out of print, and I unfortunately have access to neither of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore, I&#039;d like to ask for the help of the forum mebers with better nmismatic libraries. If you by any chance have of copy of Ravel at hand, would you be willing to quickly look up coin no. 810 to confirm the auction listing and see whether Ravel&#039;s coin might even have the same obverse die as mine?</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Also, please feel free to post your own Pegasus coins!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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