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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 25265347, member: 116882&quot;][USER=13650]@Vess1[/USER] I agree. Pegasi are exceptional coins. They were produced as trade coins in large numbers for centuries by Corinth, her colonies and cities in Italy and Sicily.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a good short summary about them with an emphasis on Magna Graecia by David Vagi in Coin World:</p><p><a href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/the-pegasi-of-italy-and-sicily.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/the-pegasi-of-italy-and-sicily.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/the-pegasi-of-italy-and-sicily.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The definitive reference is Calciati&#039;s <i>Pegasi</i> in 2 volumes published in 1990, but it is not online and is expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>In general, Pegasi are fairly common but very popular so nice examples can be expensive. The coins of certain cities can be more rare than those from other mints. Dates are usually determined by studies of the various mints and rulers. To get an idea of various issues, a search on acsearch for &quot;Athena Pegasus stater&quot; gets over 10,000 results but you can pick various cities or symbols to narrow the source.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of the first coins I bought when I started collecting ancients several decades ago:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1612039[/ATTACH]</p><p>Corinth</p><p>AR Stater 375-300 BC 8.5 g</p><p>O: Pegasus flying left; koppa below</p><p>R: head Athena wearing Corinthian helmet left; thyrsus to right</p><p>Calciati 418</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of my favorites because of the nice style:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1612042[/ATTACH]</p><p>Syracuse, Agathokles</p><p>AR stater 307-289 BC 6.7 g</p><p>O: head Athena wearing Corinthian helmet right</p><p>R: Pegasus flying left; triskeles below</p><p>Calciati 19</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at as many examples as you can to get some idea of the different types and styles along with the price range.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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