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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2539526, member: 56859&quot;]Here&#039;s a six pack of staters, starting with a rake* of colts**</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">* Apparently the <a href="http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Pointless/AnimalGroups.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Pointless/AnimalGroups.html" rel="nofollow">collective noun for colts</a> is &quot;rake&quot; or &quot;rag&quot;.&nbsp; I was hoping it would be something more interesting, like &quot;a murder of crows&quot;, &quot;a parliament of owls&quot;, or &quot;a crash of rhinoceroses&quot;.&nbsp; Nope.&nbsp; Rake.&nbsp; No idea why.</font></p><p><font size="3">** Corinth staters with Pegasus are slangily called colts.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_a6e5afe5c38b4ca4924caad0c1e17a73~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_a6e5afe5c38b4ca4924caad0c1e17a73~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/corinth-stater-pudenda-virilia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/corinth-stater-pudenda-virilia" rel="nofollow">CORINTHIA, Corinth.&nbsp; AR stater, 400-375 BCE</a>.&nbsp; Pegasus/Athena, with <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apotropaic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apotropaic" rel="nofollow">apotropaic</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pudendum_virile" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pudendum_virile" rel="nofollow">pudenda virilia</a> (man I love saying that <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_f80bed04c29041cc94de34413a649298~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_f80bed04c29041cc94de34413a649298~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/corinthia-corinth--stater-chimaera" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/corinthia-corinth--stater-chimaera" rel="nofollow">CORINTHIA, Corinth.&nbsp; AR stater, 375-300 BCE</a>.&nbsp; Pegasus/Athena, with rampant chimaera.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_42c0f54cecdb4e0da9e47cd1703546b2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_42c0f54cecdb4e0da9e47cd1703546b2~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/corinthia-corinth--ar-stater" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/corinthia-corinth--ar-stater" rel="nofollow">CORINTHIA, Corinth.&nbsp; AR stater, 345-307 BCE</a>.&nbsp; Pegasus/Athena, with facing mask of <strike>Nick Nolte</strike> Silenus.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_ba176498fc414002adb0d8aea1e69825.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_ba176498fc414002adb0d8aea1e69825.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/islands-off-attica-aegina--ar-stater" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/islands-off-attica-aegina--ar-stater" rel="nofollow">ISLANDS OFF ATTICA, Aegina.&nbsp; AR stater, 456/45-431 BCE</a>.&nbsp; Tortoise/incuse skew</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sikyonstater-rt-jpg.461600/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/sikyonia-sikyon--ar-stater" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/sikyonia-sikyon--ar-stater" rel="nofollow">SIKYONIA, Sikyon.&nbsp; AR stater, 335-330 BCE</a>.&nbsp; Chimaera/dove in wreath</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/thessalianleaguestater-rt-jpg.468631/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/thessaly-thessalian-league--ar-stater" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/thessaly-thessalian-league--ar-stater" rel="nofollow">THESSALY, Thessalian League.&nbsp; AR stater, 48/7 BCE</a>.&nbsp; Zeus/Athena Itonia[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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