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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 1903700, member: 57495"]I've been a fan of the iconic Corinth staters ever since I bought my first one last December, so my eyes were literally popping when the last Roma auction had several DOZEN examples from the John Hayes Collection, many of them stunning, some of them very rare. </p><p><br /></p><p>I went from telling myself to just whistle appreciatively from afar, to considering perhaps maybe buying one of the coins if my budget would allow, to actually bidding and winning one of them. And I still somehow ended up with two <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This first one I bought specifically for that little Chimaera creeping about behind Athena's head. There are other equally cool symbols, but I couldn't think of another one more apt given the legend of the hero Bellerophon riding the Pegasos when he killed the Chimaera that had been terrorizing the countryside of Caria and Lycia. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]325721[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>Circa 345 - 307 BC</p><p>AR Stater, 8.56g, 21mm. </p><p>Pegasi 428; Ravel 1010. </p><p>O: Pegasos flying left, Q below. </p><p>R: Helmeted head of Athena left, helmet decorated with laurel wreath, Chimaera stalking behind, A-P below. </p><p>Ex John Hayes Collection[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 1903700, member: 57495"]I've been a fan of the iconic Corinth staters ever since I bought my first one last December, so my eyes were literally popping when the last Roma auction had several DOZEN examples from the John Hayes Collection, many of them stunning, some of them very rare. I went from telling myself to just whistle appreciatively from afar, to considering perhaps maybe buying one of the coins if my budget would allow, to actually bidding and winning one of them. And I still somehow ended up with two :banghead: This first one I bought specifically for that little Chimaera creeping about behind Athena's head. There are other equally cool symbols, but I couldn't think of another one more apt given the legend of the hero Bellerophon riding the Pegasos when he killed the Chimaera that had been terrorizing the countryside of Caria and Lycia. [ATTACH=full]325721[/ATTACH] [B]CORINTHIA, Corinth[/B] Circa 345 - 307 BC AR Stater, 8.56g, 21mm. Pegasi 428; Ravel 1010. O: Pegasos flying left, Q below. R: Helmeted head of Athena left, helmet decorated with laurel wreath, Chimaera stalking behind, A-P below. Ex John Hayes Collection[/QUOTE]
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