Newly purchased, a provincial AE of Corinth under Caligula. Post your Pegasus coins, Corinthian coins, Caligulas or anything you feel is relevant! Caligula, AD 37-41 Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 6.74 g Peloponnese, Corinthia, Corinth, Ae. P. Vipsanius Agrippa and M. Bellius Proculus, duoviri, AD 37-38 Obv: C CAESAR AVGVSTV, bare head right Rev: M BELLIO PROCVLO IIVIR / COR, Pegasus flying right. Refs: RPC I 1173; Amandry (1988) XVII; BCD Corinth 405-6.
Here's a copy-paste from a thread I created a few months ago entitled Two Mythological Scraps of Caligula from Philly Lydia The first has our favorite sea-goat Capricornus, the goat that suckled the infant Zeus after he was rescued by his mother Rhea, from being devoured by his father Cronos. The goat's broken horn was transformed into the horn of plenty, or cornucopia. Capricornus is attested as far back as the 21st Century BC. (Ancient coins really aren't that ancient in the larger picture, are they?) The second has a panther carrying a thrysus. What is a thyrsus and why would a panther be carrying one? Well I'm glad you asked. A thrysus is a staff of giant fennel, decorated with ivy leaves and topped by a pine cone. It is phallic in it's symbolism, the cone representing the the head of the penis and the seeds within representing fertility. The panther was one Dionysus' favorite rides, as in this ancient mosaic from Pella... Dionysus was of course the god of extreme partying. and y'all know about Caligula already... Caligula AD 37-41 AE17, 3.6g, 12h; Philadelphia, Lydia. Magistrate Moschion Moschionos. Obv. ΓAIOY KAICAP; Bare head right. Rev. ΦIΛOKAICAP ΦIΛOΔЄΛΦЄWN MOCXIWN MOCXIWNOC; Capricorn left. Reference: RPC I, 3027. Caligula AD 37-41 AE17, 2.1g, 1h; Philadelphia, Lydia. Magistrate Artemon, son of Hermogenos. Obv. ΓAIOC KAICAP ΓEPMANIKOC; Laureate head right. Rev. APTEMΩN EPMOΓENOVC NEOKAICAPEΩN; Panther walking right, head turned left, thyrsus over shoulder. Reference: RPC I, 3033.
Here's an early struck coin of the Roman Republic, a double litra 273-270 BC Anonymous, Rome Æ 2 litra 6.93 gm - 19 mm Obv: Head of young Hercules right, clad in lion's skin; club below Rev: Pegasus flying right; club above, ROMA below. Ref: Crawford 27/2, Syd 23a, HN Italy 316, SR591
Cool one, @Roman Collector. How does that type compare against a Caligula VESTA Æ in similar grade? (Edit: pricewise, i meant to say.). I strongly considered "going provincial" for Caligula in my Twelve Caesars set a few years back, but eventually went with a VESTA. Here is a much more recent newp for me. Same coin, different photos and photographers. Which set do y'all prefer?
No PEGASUS provincials here! CARTHAGE: Carthage Siculo AE 15 Palm Tree Pegasus BRUTTIUM: Bruttium Lokroi Eizephyrioi 300-268 BC AE 23 Athena Pegasus PRE-DENARII ROMAN REPUBLIC: RR AE Double Litra 235 BCE 19.5mm 6.54g Rome mint Hercules r club - Pegasus r club ROMA Cr 27-3 HN Italy 316 S 591 ROMAN REPUBLIC QUINARIUS: RR Q Titius AR Quinarius 90 BCE PEGASOS Sear 240 ROMAN REPUBLIC DENARIUS: RR Titius 90BCE Denarius Sear 239
Great OP coin with a lot of awesome pegasi in this thread! Here's an imperial example struck in the provinces. Domitian as Caesar AR Denarius, 2.81g Ephesus (?) mint, 76 AD RIC V1494 (R2), BMC V488 bis, RSC 47 var., RPC 1465 (1 spec.) Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r. 'o' mint mark below neck Rev: COS IIII above; Pegasus r. Acquired from G&N, eBay, 27 August 2015.
That cool green OP coin is really nice for a Roman provincial of Corinth. I wish I had anything as nice from the provincial period, but I just have two somewhat rough ones that have been proving challenging to photograph. A bunch of my favorite Pegasi... Corinth Staters Thyrrheion Stater Corinth Diobol Leukas Diobol Augustus Denarius Cossutius Sabula Denarius, Bellerophon riding Pegasus
