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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2277697, member: 56859"]This is [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]'s doing. I was thoroughly jealous of his chimaera control mark stater (and others).</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin came up in a recent auction and it was love at first sight. A rampant chimaera <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />? Yes please!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I've been trying to duplicate [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER]'s reflection template (with his permission) and have used the first attempt here. It will need some tweaking. Figuring out how to have the reflections end where the "spotlight" fades was tricky.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]454729[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>circa 375-300 BCE</p><p>AR stater, 22 mm, 8.55 g, 1h</p><p>Obv: Pegasus flying left; qoppa below</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena left; A-P flanking neck truncation; to right, chimaera standing left</p><p>Ref: Ravel 1010; Pegasi 428; BCD Corinth 102; HGC 4, 1848</p><p><i>ex CNG Inventory 828126 (November, 2008)</i></p><p><i>ex Gorny & Mosch 170 (13 October 2008), lot 1381</i></p><p><i>ex Giessener Münzhandlung 21 (22 March 1982), lot 37</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your Pegasus staters and coins with interesting control marks <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2277697, member: 56859"]This is [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]'s doing. I was thoroughly jealous of his chimaera control mark stater (and others). This coin came up in a recent auction and it was love at first sight. A rampant chimaera :wideyed:? Yes please!! I've been trying to duplicate [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER]'s reflection template (with his permission) and have used the first attempt here. It will need some tweaking. Figuring out how to have the reflections end where the "spotlight" fades was tricky. [ATTACH=full]454729[/ATTACH] [B]CORINTHIA, Corinth[/B] circa 375-300 BCE AR stater, 22 mm, 8.55 g, 1h Obv: Pegasus flying left; qoppa below Rev: helmeted head of Athena left; A-P flanking neck truncation; to right, chimaera standing left Ref: Ravel 1010; Pegasi 428; BCD Corinth 102; HGC 4, 1848 [I]ex CNG Inventory 828126 (November, 2008) ex Gorny & Mosch 170 (13 October 2008), lot 1381 ex Giessener Münzhandlung 21 (22 March 1982), lot 37[/I] Please post your Pegasus staters and coins with interesting control marks :)[/QUOTE]
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