Fly me to the Moon and let me play amongst the Pegasus!

Inspired by @Roman Collector's hilarious Hipocamp post, I thought I'd ask everyone to "pony up" and show off their Pegasus coins... With a catch.
You all know I like to "horse around". Let's make it fun and post your imaginary winged wonder with your made up name for it.
I'll get the hoofs galloping (or should I say wings flapping?).

Here's Peggy Sue!

Q. Titius
Denarius 90 BCE, AR 18 MM 3.16 g. Head of Mutinus Titinus r., wearing winged diadem. Rev. Pegasus prancing r.; below, Q·TITI in linear frame. Babelon Titia 1. Sydenham 691. Crawford 341/1. Former LANZ coins



Post em if ya got em and don't forget to name em!

 

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Here's mine. His name is George, Gallienus' favorite horse...

 

Excellent @Ryro ! Great looking Peggy Sue.

I have never really named inanimate objects, so I will just label them from where (whence) they came.

SPACE COWBOYS ... Final Scene... "Fly Me to The Moon" ... CLASSIC




PONTOS

PONTOS Amisos 85-65 BCE Æ24 12.2g Mithradates VI as Perseus r Phrygian helmet Pegasos grazing l Malloy 33b HGC 7 239


ROMAN REPUBLIC - Pre-Reform

RR AE Double Litra 235 BCE 19.5mm 6.54g Rome mint Hercules r club - Pegasus r club ROMA Cr 27-3 HN Italy 316 S 591


BRUTTIUM

Bruttium Lokroi Eizephyrioi 300-268 BC AE 23 Athena Pegasus


CARTHAGE

Carthage Siculo 264-241 BCE AE 15 Palm Tree Pegasus 1st Punic War


ROMA - POST Reform (DOWNsized version of yours!)

RR Q Titius AR Quinarius 90 BCE PEGASUS Sear 240

 

Mine are all named after My Little Pony (Halloween Edition) characters. Sorry.

Pinkie Die:


Rainbow Dashed:


Princess Catapedamania:


Splutterfly:


Non-Rarity:


Applesmack & Twilight Sparkling Vampire


Sweetie Bellerophon:


Spiked Drink:

 

Not that it matters, but I was taught to refer to the winged horse as "The Pagasus" rather than just "Pagasus".


Q TITIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS TITIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Head of Mutinus Titinus (Priapus) right, wearing winged diadem
REVERSE: The Pegasus springing right, Q TITI on base
Struck at Rome 90 BC
3.8g, 18mm
Cr341/1, Syd 691; Titia 1

DOMITIAN
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS, laureate head right
REVERSE: COS IIII, The Pegasus standing right with raising left foreleg
Struck at Rome, 76AD
3.1g, 20mm
RIC 921

GALLIENUS
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right
REVERSE: SOLI CONS AVG, the Pegasus right springing heavenward; N in exergue
Struck at Rome, Sole Reign, 267-268 AD
2.27g, 20mm
RIC 283, Cohen 979

 

My Pegasus is so fat.....



... he can't generate enough Delta-v to inject himself into a translunar orbit.

 

I’ll call Gallienus’ friend Cinco, because for some reason he’s got 5 legs (I guess they were trying for a tail, but that is definitely an extra hind leg). Good thing he’s got wings, otherwise poor Pegasus would have a whole lot of trouble trying to run anywhere.

 

I'll call it "Zeusso" because the flying horse is at Zeus feet.

 

Pegasus!!!


Caligula, AD 37-41.
Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 6.74 g.
Peloponnese, Corinthia, Corinth, Ae. P. Vipsanius Agrippa and M. Bellius Proculus, duoviri, AD 37-38.
Obv: C CAESAR AVGVSTV, bare head right.
Rev: M BELLIO PROCVLO IIVIR / COR, Pegasus flying right.
Refs: RPC I 1173; Amandry (1988) XVII; BCD Corinth 405-6.

 

Nice chunky Pegasus @Ryro!

During the Flavian era the Eastern mints tended to have more stylish denarii than Rome. This Domitian as Caesar Pegasus is no exception.



Domitian as Caesar
AR Denarius, 2.81g
Ephesus(?) mint, 76 AD (Vespasian)
RIC 1494 (R2). BMC 488 bis. RSC 47 var. RPC 1465 (1 spec.).
Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r. 'o' mint mark below neck
Rev: COS IIII above; Pegasus r.
Ex G&N, eBay, 27 August 2015.

 

Here is another stylish portrait with a Pegasus. A rare 'O' mint denarius for Vespasian.

 

Here are my two coins showing Pegasus... A republican denarius of Q. Titius and a Syracusan Stater of Agathokles.

 

kool coins but i'm afraid i'm pegasusless...

 

Some wonderous winged mythical mares folks! Thanks for sharing all your Peggy Sue's for mine to play with
George seems a fitting name for Gallienus favorite horse @ancient coin hunter. Very nice detail. Especially for a G man coin.
@Alegandron you are telling me that you've never named a car, gun or coin???
Heck, I hear some guys even have names for their wives these days! (I'll be eating burnt bacon for that comment).
Killer pre reform RR coin
Great reminder about the Carthage coins having Pegasus! I forgot about this one. She might not be as pretty as yours, but man she sure can fly!
I think I'll name her Pegannibal the winged animal:



@zumbly with da win! Why don't we use the best answer button on here again. Cause man O man you've got my vote for funniest names and finest selection. Naming that beautiful beast non rarity made me snarf!


Great coins and pony point @Bing about it being referred to as The Pegasus. My lovely wife had told me shouldn't the post be, play amongst the Pegasi? For plural Pegasus. We looked it up and found this hilarious statement on Wikipedia, "In Latin 'Pegasus' (And in Greek 'Pegasos') is a proper noun, the name of an unique individual. It is not a word for 'winged horse'. There is and can be no plural of 'Pegasus' any more than there is a plural of 'Oprah Winfrey'."
Like the Highlander, there can be only one.
Nice vulupsious Pegasus @Sallent. Maybe we can make yours lipidasus?
Very cool 5 hoofer @Shea19! I'd make a joke about that 5th leg being a different appendage... But isn't Pegasus a female?
LOVE me some Zeuseus @7Calbrey! And great portrait of Herakles taboot.
Original name RC but ridiculously cool Caligula Pegasus. Never seen that before
Thanks @David Atherton! She does carry some junk in that trunk. But WoWiE you and @Orfew have some Dynamite flying Flavians!
Dang, @jb_depew now that is what the ancients would call flying in style
Well my man @ominus1 we will have to do something about your Pegasuslessness

 

Yup. No names for inanimate objects. I never understood the concept of endearing names to things. I like the fact that you do not need a name for a G41 or G17. They speak for themselves (like a backup G30S or G26...)

Burnt bacon? That is the ONLY way to enjoy bacon! YUM!

Thank you. Got it in Germany... love their describing it as DoppleLitra. I really like the RR AE Litrae... very cool, but no one really collects them. I have most of their series...
Here is a HALF-Litra...

ROMAN REPUBLIC
AE Half Litra 234-231 BCE
Anonymous
Obv: Roma r wearing Phrygian Helmet
Rev: DAWG walking r, in ex ROMA
Sear 598, Crawford 26/4

 

Aww, thank you for letting me show off my collection of little ponies.

This one was just acquired in today's Leu auction. I have christened him Scootapoo.

CORINTHIA. Corinth. Circa 400-375 BC. Stater (Silver, 20 mm, 8.28 g, 8 h). Ϙ Pegasus standing right with curved wing, tethered to a ring fixed to a wall above him. Rev. Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; behind neckguard, aphlaston. BCD Corinth -. Calciati 241. Rare.

 

Z's head must be an interesting place! I had not considered naming my little winged ponies but will attempt it because of Ryro's request .

"Pudendasus":


CORINTHIA, Corinth
c. 400-375 BCE
AR stater. 20 mm, 8.25 gm
Obv: Pegasus flying left; qoppa below
Rev: helmeted head of Athena right; EYO (retrograde) above; pudenda virilia behind
Ref: Ravel 599; Calciati 155; Pegasi I p. 198, 155

"Blueberry":


CORINTHIA, Corinth
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 rampant left
Ref: Ravel 1010; Pegasi 428; BCD Corinth 102; HGC 4, 1848
ex CNG Inventory 828126 (November, 2008)
ex Gorny & Mosch 170 (13 October 2008), lot 1381
ex Giessener Münzhandlung 21 (22 March 1982), lot 37

"JustOneAsus": oh the little lies we tell ourselves...


CORINTHIA, Corinth
345-307 BCE
AR stater, 8.65 gm
Obv Pegasus flying left, qoppa below
Rev: helmeted head of Athena left wearing necklace; mask of Silenus behind
Ref: Ravel 1046. Calciati 408. Scarce variety.
from Heritage Auctions, June 2013
https://www.tifcollection.com/how-i-became-interested-in-ancient-coins

 

Blueberry you say? Does she have a sister?
I'm in LOVE with that toning!
Great coin and story there with Justoneasus! Haha

 

Pinkie Die from my stable is in fact an identical twin sister of @TIF's Blueberry.

 

I thought Pudendasus and Splutterfly were also identical twins but alas they're just sisters. They share the same mother (reverse die match).

We're so inbred .