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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2467762, member: 57495&quot;]This rare fraction from the Corinthian colony of Leukas has been on my want list for some time now.&nbsp; So, after seeing a couple of them fly by in the past year, I decided to nab this one from a recent auction for my stable.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The thing setting this issue apart from similar ones is that the pegasos on the reverse is shown in perspective, the engraver using a technique called foreshortening to realistically depict it in three dimensions - facing us, turned slightly left, while rearing up on its hind legs.&nbsp; The icing on the cake for me is that the pegasos on the obverse, shown traditionally, in profile, makes for a neat juxtaposition with the innovation on the reverse.&nbsp; All in all, quite a nice bit of art on what is a pretty small canvas!</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have pegasos coins that you&#039;re fond of, please feel free to show them. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]518422[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>AKARNANIA, Leukas</b></p><p>Circa 450-400 BC</p><p>AR Diobol. 0.81g, 11.9mm. BCD Akarnania 183. O: Pegasos right with curled wing; Λ,&nbsp; below. R: Δ-Ι-O, Pegasos facing slightly left, rearing up on hind legs, wings spread.</p><p><br /></p><p>And for comparison, here&#039;s a diobol from Corinth showing both pegasi in profile.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]518423[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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