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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1842337, member: 56859&quot;]Excellent choice for your first Greek!&nbsp; My first ancient was also a Corinth stater.&nbsp; I did purchase a lot of prutot before them (and some uncleaned LRB junk) but the prutot were for a gift so that doesn&#039;t count... even though I&#039;ve yet to bequeath the gift <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a Corinth stater for my brother years ago-- it was in a gold mount, a pendant/necklace.&nbsp; Wanted one for myself ever since and then became interested in ancient coins for themselves rather than as jewelry (where I live ancient coins are somewhat abundant although they are all in the form of pendants or jewelry).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]306218[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>CORINTHIA. Corinth. Ca. 345-307 BC</b></p><p>AR stater, 8.65 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Pegasus flying left, qoppa below</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; helmeted head of Athena left wearing necklace; head of Silenus behind</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Ravel 1046. Calciati 408. Scarce variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I photographed it I didn&#039;t realize that Pegasus was the obverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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