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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientnut, post: 2656647, member: 73212&quot;]The last of my three Goldberg wins is another non-Magna Graecia coin I have been looking for. The Pegasus/Athena staters of Corinth (and other cities) are among the most common of ancient coins. The archaic staters of c 500-480 BC are decidedly scarcer. They usually come with problems, but this example appealed to me. A small pit and some roughness on the obverse, but one of the nicest reverses I have seen. Most of the estimates in the Goldberg sale were very low (one coin, estimated at $3,000, sold for $17,500). I was willing to go double the estimate on this Corinth and was pleasantly surprised when I won it for 80% of estimate! It is now the least expensive coin in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]588619[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Corinth, Corinthia, AR stater, c 500-480 BC, 8.59 g. OBV: Pegasos flying left; koppa below / REV: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet and pearl necklace; within incuse square. Ravel 138; BMC 12, 56; Pegasi 65; BCD Corinth 21; Sear GC 1867; HGC 4 1821 (Scarce).</p><p>Ira and Larry Goldberg Auction 96, 14 February 2017, lot 1659.</p><p>From the Hanbery Collection.</p><p>Purchased privately from Frank L. Kovacs in the 1980s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your archaic Corinthian coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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