Horsefeathers - post 'em if you got 'em

horse·feath·ers 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.


CORINTHIA, Corinth
AR Stater
345-307 B.C.

Obv: Pegasos w/ artfully pointed wing
flying left. ϙ below.
Rev: Head of Athena left wearing
Corinthian helmet with laureate.
Boar standing l on right.
A below left, P below right
Grade: 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.
Other: 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. My other example has a great reverse but it was paired with an old worn-out Pegasos obverse die. Now I’ve got a decent Pegasos and it’s got horse feathers.

What do you think?
Please post ‘em if you got ‘em. Lets see your Pegasos, your horsefeathers, and your helmeted Athenas.

 

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For comparison, here is my first (& only other) Corinth stater. It's a pretty coin but the obverse pony is just weak.

I needed the horsefeathers upgrade.

 

Nice detail, @Collect89 !

Social War

ROMAN REPUBLIC
AR Quinarius 90 BCE
Q Titius
Obv: Winged and draped bust of Victory
Rev: Pegasos r, Q TITI
Sear 240, Crawford 341/3


MITHRADATES VI

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


Carthage

Carthage Siculo AE 15 Palm Tree Pegasus

 

I've shown this one before, but here it is again...

 

The Marx Brothers would be proud!

 

What's a Henway?

Oh, about 2 lbs!

Viaduct? Viaduct? Vy a no chicken? (apologies to Chico)

Love your avatar!

 

Love that horsefeather detail! Great score @Collect89 !

 

I only have one true 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.

Although many call the winged horse on the reverse type of this Gallienus coin Pegasus, the reverse inscription indicates it is dedicated to Sol -- the sun. The coin more likely depicts one of the winged horses that pulls Sol's chariot across the dome of the celestial sphere, not Pegasus:


Gallienus, 253-268 AD.
Roman Æ Antoninianus, 19 mm, 2.41 g.
Rome Mint 267-268 AD.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
Rev: SOLI CONS AVG, winged horse right, springing heavenward, A in exergue.
Refs: RIC 283K; Göbl 712b; Cohen 979; RCV 10362; Hunter 127.

 

Hard to beat a winged horse... Here's a couple favorites, along with one I've never posted.



You really have to look at this one to find it, but I promise you it's there...


And the new one, a quinarius of Q. Titius, Crawford 341/3, 90 BC:

 

This is mine, bought from lordmarcovans eclectic box collection.

 

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

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

 

That feathery detail is awesome, @Collect89! And it's altogether a very pleasing new Colt you've got there.

My latest pony, from Ambrakia, was also picked up in October. The obverse could be stronger, but the real draw for me was the reverse.


EPEIROS, Ambrakia
AR Stater. 8.22g, 21.8mm. EPEIROS, Ambrakia, circa 426-404 BC. Ravel 75; Calciati, Pegasi 45 (these dies); HGC 3.1, 201. O: Pegasos flying right; A below. R: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet; A to left; all within ivy wreath.
Ex Collection of Greek Coins of a Man in Love with Art; ex Lanz 151, 2011, lot 390

 

Is this him or my imagination?

 

That's a sea monster named Scylla. I think the Pegasus is on the reverse, behind the dead guy.

 

Those are some fantastic feathers, @Collect89!


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


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


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

 

Corinthian Helmet on a Roman Coin



Roman Republic
Anonymous, 211-206 BC
AE Triens
Obv: Head of Minerva r. in crested Corinthian helmet, 4 pellets above
Rx: prow of galley right, 4 pellets below, ROMA above
Ref: Crawford 56/4

 

Ah yes, I think I see him.

 

@Collect89 I like the horesefeathers AND the boar on reverse is very nicely executed too - I like these secondary elements. @TIF the "chimaera rampant" is also very nice and @kazuma78 what is that guy advancing with a scythe? Here's my RR - the other denarius in the same series as the coin shared by @Bing above.
Q. Titius, 90 BC, AR Denarius, Rome Mint
Obv: Head of young Bacchus or Liber right wearing ivy wreath, line border
Rev: Pegasus springing right, tablet inscribed Q TITI below
Ref: Crawford 341/2