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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4487001, member: 57495&quot;]That looks like a very nice example!&nbsp; I especially like the aegis control device and how well-centered it is.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the best one I have from Corinth.&nbsp; Missing a bit of tail and the tip of the wing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113660[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>AR Stater. 8.56g, 21.3mm. CORINTHIA, Corinth, circa 345-307 BC. Calciati 428; Ravel 1010. O: Pegasos flying left, Q below. R: Helmeted head of Athena left, helmet decorated with laurel wreath; A-P below, Chimaera to left behind. </p><p><i>Ex John Hayes Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite, however, is this one from Ambrakia, one of the many colonies of Corinth that struck the types.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113664[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EPEIROS, Ambrakia</b></p><p>AR Stater. 8.22g, 21.8mm. EPEIROS, Ambrakia, circa 426-404 BC. Ravel ANS NNM 37 (1928), 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 wreath of ivy leaves with berries.</p><p><i>Ex Collection of Greek Coins of a Man in Love with Art Part I; ex Lanz 151, 2011, lot 390 </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Another favorite is not a stater, but a little diobol from Leukas, with a pegasi on each side.&nbsp; It&#039;s artistically noteworthy for depicting the pegasos on the reverse front-facing and rearing up on its hind legs, and also interesting for having the denomination spelled out (Δ-I-O).&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113665[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>AKARNANIA, Leukas</b> </p><p>AR Diobol. 0.81g, 11.9mm. AKARNANIA, Leukas, circa 450-400 BC. BCD Akarnania 183. O: Pegasos right with curled wing; Λ, below. R: Δ-I-O, Pegasos facing slightly left, rearing up on hind legs, wings spread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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