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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2287995, member: 57495&quot;]I do wish the pictures were better, because what I see here is a really nice-looking Corinth stater with a curled-wing pegasos and Athena in an incuse square.&nbsp; I have a few of these colts, but not one of these from the earlier period.&nbsp; I&#039;d gladly welcome your example into my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think two major mistakes collectors starting into ancients make are buying fakes and paying too much. While not advocating slabs, if yours is in an NGC slab, then you&#039;ve probably avoided the fake pitfall. As for paying too much, some here will suggest that by buying this coin in a slab, you probably have done just that. I don&#039;t think this is necessarily the case.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can easily check comparable prices for coins sold at auction at websites like acsearch and CNG (bearing in mind that the prices there do not include what is typically a 15-22% buyer&#039;s premium). Here&#039;s a search from CNG showing hammered prices for coins similar to yours:</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&amp;PAGE=1&amp;TABS_TYPE=2&amp;CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&amp;IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_DESC=Corinth+stater+pegasos+incuse&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&amp;PAGE=1&amp;TABS_TYPE=2&amp;CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&amp;IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_DESC=Corinth+stater+pegasos+incuse&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&amp;PAGE=1&amp;TABS_TYPE=2&amp;CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&amp;IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_DESC=Corinth stater pegasos incuse&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: TIF makes a valid point about the portrait of Athena - I hadn&#039;t taken a good look at that and had missed out on that. The lack of the flowing hair and neck flap is not familiar to me too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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