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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2978237, member: 56859&quot;]My first thought about authenticity when looking at the watch fob was &quot;modern cast&quot; due to the lack of sharp junctions between the devices and fields and the lack of a qoppa or other city mark.&nbsp; However, the images are blurry so maybe that&#039;s not really the case.</p><p><br /></p><p>These Pegasus/Athena staters were issued by several cities around the 4th-3rd centuries BCE.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, it sounds like this fob has piqued your curiosity.&nbsp; It&#039;s amazing that we can own such incredible bits of history and art for so little money!&nbsp; Maybe you&#039;ll use this as a starting point for collecting ancient coins.&nbsp; A Corinth stater was my first nice coin.&nbsp; I thought I&#039;d stop with that.&nbsp; Heh.&nbsp; Right.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252Fmedia%2525252Fae43f8_42c0f54cecdb4e0da9e47cd1703546b2%2525257Emv2.jpg%2525252Fv1%2525252Ffill%2525252Fw_1000%2525252Ch_625%2525252Cal_c%2525252Cq_90%2525252Fae43f8_42c0f54cecdb4e0da9e47cd1703546b2%2525257Emv2.jpg%252526hash%25253D1ca0643e4b9946ae6b3be1ff95f7ab1f%2526hash%253Df7b7c3a7ca632b41aeb888fc2a0ea19a%26hash%3D2081d23a7491d02f2f094bcd9b4a67f1&amp;hash=331bfef0813287eb0d73f0b019ec42dc" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>345-307 BCE</p><p>AR stater, 8.65 gm</p><p>Obv Pegasus flying left, qoppa below</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena left wearing necklace; mask of Silenus behind</p><p>Ref: Ravel 1046. Calciati 408. Scarce variety.</p><p>from Heritage Auctions, June 2013</p><p><i>This scarce variety was chosen to represent Corinth staters, #23 in Harlan J. Berk&#039;s book, &quot;100 Greatest Ancient Coins&quot;.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up a couple more over the last few years.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_f80bed04c29041cc94de34413a649298%7Emv2.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_625%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_f80bed04c29041cc94de34413a649298%7Emv2.jpg&amp;hash=3b57917916c1641295e0181eeafc15cf" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>circa 375-300 BCE</p><p>AR stater, 22 mm, 8.55 g, 1h</p><p>Obv: Pegasus flying left; qoppa below</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena left; A-P flanking neck truncation; to right, chimaera standing left</p><p>Ref: Ravel 1010; Pegasi 428; BCD Corinth 102; HGC 4, 1848</p><p><i>ex CNG Inventory 828126 (November, 2008)</i></p><p><i>ex Gorny &amp; Mosch 170 (13 October 2008), lot 1381</i></p><p><i>ex Giessener Münzhandlung 21 (22 March 1982), lot 37</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/corinthpudendavirilia-rt-jpg.534378/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>c. 400-375 BCE</p><p>AR stater. 20 mm, 8.25 gm</p><p>Obv: Pegasus flying left; qoppa below</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena right; EYO (retrograde) above; pudenda virilia behind</p><p>Ref: Ravel 599; Calciati 155; Pegasi I p. 198, 155[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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