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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 8434871, member: 15445"]Corinth:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1495356[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1495357[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p><b>AR Stater</b></p><p><b>345-307 B.C.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Obv:</b> Pegasos w/ artfully pointed wing</p><p>flying left. ϙ below.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Head of Athena left wearing</p><p>Corinthian helmet with laureate.</p><p>Boar standing l on right.</p><p>A below left, P below right</p><p><b>Grade:</b> EF and well centered both sides.</p><p>Wear is apparent only at the points of highest relief.</p><p>Fine style & good strike. Strong feather details in Pegasos wings.</p><p><b>Other:</b> Sear 2629, Ravel 1017, B.M.C.12.247-248, Pegasi 435,</p><p>From Allen Berman Oct 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The sharp feathers and decent Pegasos strike is what drew me to this coin. <b>horse·feath·ers</b> is a plural noun which means nonsense or balderdash. See also baloney, malarkey, and hokum. In the example today I refer to the razor sharp feathers in Pegasos’ wings. Yep those too are horsefeathers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let's see a coin with feathers next.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 8434871, member: 15445"]Corinth: [ATTACH=full]1495356[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1495357[/ATTACH] [B]CORINTHIA, Corinth AR Stater 345-307 B.C. Obv:[/B] Pegasos w/ artfully pointed wing flying left. ϙ below. [B]Rev:[/B] Head of Athena left wearing Corinthian helmet with laureate. Boar standing l on right. A below left, P below right [B]Grade:[/B] EF and well centered both sides. Wear is apparent only at the points of highest relief. Fine style & good strike. Strong feather details in Pegasos wings. [B]Other:[/B] Sear 2629, Ravel 1017, B.M.C.12.247-248, Pegasi 435, From Allen Berman Oct 2019. The sharp feathers and decent Pegasos strike is what drew me to this coin. [B]horse·feath·ers[/B] is a plural noun which means nonsense or balderdash. See also baloney, malarkey, and hokum. In the example today I refer to the razor sharp feathers in Pegasos’ wings. Yep those too are horsefeathers. Let's see a coin with feathers next.[/QUOTE]
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