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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 1903701, member: 57495"]This second one sports a rare symbol, a curious-looking '<i>pudenda virilia</i>' (info below). I had the lot on my watch list, but missed it during the live auction. When I discovered it had gone unsold, I had another opportunity to pick it up. TIF jokingly (I think) threatened to buy it, and that helped me make my mind up pretty quickly. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]325722[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>Circa 400 - 375 BC</p><p>AR Stater, 8.37g, 22mm. </p><p>Pegasi 155; Ravel 599. </p><p>O: Pegasos flying left, Q below. </p><p>R: Helmeted head of Athena right, EYT (retrograde) before, '<i>pudenda virilia</i>' behind. </p><p>Ex John Hayes Collection</p><p>Ex Veilinghuis Eeckhout Auction 7 Lot 11 (12 November 2011) </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the same coin that John Hayes uses to picture Pegasi 155 on his excellent Corinth stater resource website corinthstaters.com.</p><p><br /></p><p>The '<i>pudenda virilia</i>' is the delicate term used in references to describe the male sexual organs. As you can see it hardly looks realistic and hence I didn't feel a need to pixelate the image.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's abit more info from the glossary of symbols on <a href="http://www.corinthstaters.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.corinthstaters.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.corinthstaters.com/</a> :</p><p><br /></p><p><b>In Ravel's "Les Poulains de Corinthe" he quotes "This symbol is undoubtedly apotropaic and, still nowadays, in certain regions of Greece, there is the superstition which these parts are strongly protective against the bad fate." </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Apotropaic magic is a ritual observance that is intended to turn away evil. In ancient Greece, phalli were believed to have apotropaic qualities. (source Wikipedia)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>And now we've had the word 'apotropaic' mentioned in two threads in as many days <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie65" alt=":meh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 1903701, member: 57495"]This second one sports a rare symbol, a curious-looking '[I]pudenda virilia[/I]' (info below). I had the lot on my watch list, but missed it during the live auction. When I discovered it had gone unsold, I had another opportunity to pick it up. TIF jokingly (I think) threatened to buy it, and that helped me make my mind up pretty quickly. [ATTACH=full]325722[/ATTACH] [B]CORINTHIA, Corinth[/B] Circa 400 - 375 BC AR Stater, 8.37g, 22mm. Pegasi 155; Ravel 599. O: Pegasos flying left, Q below. R: Helmeted head of Athena right, EYT (retrograde) before, '[I]pudenda virilia[/I]' behind. Ex John Hayes Collection Ex Veilinghuis Eeckhout Auction 7 Lot 11 (12 November 2011) This is the same coin that John Hayes uses to picture Pegasi 155 on his excellent Corinth stater resource website corinthstaters.com. The '[I]pudenda virilia[/I]' is the delicate term used in references to describe the male sexual organs. As you can see it hardly looks realistic and hence I didn't feel a need to pixelate the image. Here's abit more info from the glossary of symbols on [url]http://www.corinthstaters.com/[/url] : [B]In Ravel's "Les Poulains de Corinthe" he quotes "This symbol is undoubtedly apotropaic and, still nowadays, in certain regions of Greece, there is the superstition which these parts are strongly protective against the bad fate." Apotropaic magic is a ritual observance that is intended to turn away evil. In ancient Greece, phalli were believed to have apotropaic qualities. (source Wikipedia)[/B] And now we've had the word 'apotropaic' mentioned in two threads in as many days :meh:[/QUOTE]
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