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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Only a Poor Old Man, post: 4486865, member: 111037&quot;]When I started collecting ancient Greek coins, I decided that one area I was going to focus on was iconic coins from iconic cities. I got my athenian owl early and that was my first such purchase, but while I was browsing around I kept running into one that also filled the above requirements.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was the Corinthian stater. A very beautiful coin from a very important city, probably only second to Athens in terms of beauty, financial power and prestige. It is a great shame when a great city is looted burned and destroyed, and unfortunately this is what happened when the Romans conquered the city in 146 BC. Totally unecessary in my opinion, there wasn&#039;t a good reason for completely destroying the city and slaughtering the population. It is as bad as what happened to Constantinople in 1204... Today&#039;s ruins are still impressive, but what the visitor sees today is mostly from the Roman and Byzantine era.</p><p><br /></p><p>Corinthian coins are probably one of the better designed coins of antiquity. Pegasus on one side and a helmeted Athena on the other, cannot go wrong with that. There seem to be plenty of those around, however the better ones tend to be pricey.. The cheaper ones can be a hit and miss, as sometimes the flaws take away from the coin&#039;s beauty. Usually, Pegasus is the main problem as he seems to be very eager to fly away from the flan. So when I found a coin with a more than decent Athena on one side and a whole Pegasus on the other with good enough details, I was delighted as the price was quite good for the quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin arrived today, and it was a case where it looks better in real life than in photographs! I am very happy with it. Got it from ma-shops from a reputable German dealer. It came with a rather nice certificate of authenticity as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113642[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113643[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Corinthian Stater, 330-300 BC</p><p>Silver, 8.36 gr, 23mm</p><p>Pegasus flying left with Koppa below, Athena with a gorgoneion head to her left.</p><p>It was in the Calciati 427 catalogue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Funilly enough the dealer describes it as good to very fine. I thinK it looks better than that.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think? Show me your Corinthians and flying horses in general![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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