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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3826910, member: 75937&quot;]I only have one true Pegasus:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caligula-corith-pegasus-jpg.833893/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Caligula, AD 37-41.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 6.74 g.</p><p>Peloponnese, Corinthia, Corinth, Ae. P. Vipsanius Agrippa and M. Bellius Proculus, duoviri, AD 37-38.</p><p>Obv: C CAESAR AVGVSTV, bare head right.</p><p>Rev: M BELLIO PROCVLO IIVIR / COR, Pegasus flying right.</p><p>Refs: RPC I 1173; Amandry (1988) XVII; BCD Corinth 405-6.</p><p><br /></p><p>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&#039;s chariot across the dome of the celestial sphere, not Pegasus:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gallienus-soli-cons-avg-winged-horse-antoninianus-jpg.833895/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gallienus, 253-268 AD.</p><p>Roman Æ Antoninianus, 19 mm, 2.41 g.</p><p>Rome Mint 267-268 AD.</p><p>Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.</p><p>Rev: SOLI CONS AVG, winged horse right, springing heavenward, A in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC 283K; Göbl 712b; Cohen 979; RCV 10362; Hunter 127.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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