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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1965039, member: 56859&quot;]My first &quot;major&quot; ancient purchase and one of my favorite coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]347537[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth.</b></p><p><b>345-307 BC</b></p><p>AR stater, 8.65 gm</p><p>Obv Pegasus flying left, qoppa below</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena left wearing necklace; head of Silenus behind</p><p>Ref: Ravel 1046. Calciati 408. Scarce variety.</p><p><i>from Heritage Auctions, June 2013</i></p><p><i>This scarce variety was chosen to represent Corinth staters, #23 in Harlan J. Berk&#039;s book, &quot;100 Greatest Ancient Coins&quot;.</i></p><p>This coin is in Wildwinds as the example of the type.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Kennedy gold release really did wreak havoc on the early part of the show.&nbsp; I was happy when they halted sales.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other than that it was fabulous-- perfect for my first coin show experience!&nbsp; Thanks for the intros, AJ <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of my many favorite show moments occurred today when David Michaels (Heritage&#039;s director of ancient coins) walked over to admire my jacket-- which I made from fabric printed with a collage of most of my coins.&nbsp; I pointed out the ones I&#039;d purchased from Heritage, including this Corinth stater.&nbsp; He remembered the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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