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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 4945437, member: 83175&quot;]I have a flying pig of Klazomenai, but no photo&#039; I can find, so will have to locate it and take a photo&#039; at the weekend.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here are a few Pegasi...</p><p><br /></p><p>There aren&#039;t too many depictions of Pegasus on Roman Imperial coins - this is the first one, which arrived last week - RIC 297, Augustus denarius of 19BC:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Augustus_RIC297_O.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Augustus_RIC297_R.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t notice if anyone posted this RR one - Cr. 395/1 of L. Cossutius:</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Consutia1Denarius.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A little gold one of Syracuse - SNG ANS 493:</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_SyracuseGoldHemid.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve a soft spot for the coins of Emporion in Spain - I spotted a sign &quot;Ruinas&quot; one day in 2007 and made a detour to see what was there and it was a very pleasant day.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve picked up a few coins from there, should probably get more.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are drachms of nice style and some fractions and bronze coins and copies were made by neighbouring Iberian settlements.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Madrid Airport, there used to be (maybe it&#039;s still there, but who flies nowadays?) a shop of Casa De La Moneda, selling modern bits and pieces, including this reproduction of a Emporion drachm, part of a series of &quot;Joyas Numismaticas&quot;, reproducing old Spanish coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Espana_10E.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the head of Pegasus is made up of a small man crouching - many of the original coins of Emporion have this feature - it&#039;s often said to be Chrysaor.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The first real Emporion drachm I got was this halved one:</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_EmporionDrachm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then I got this very small 0.15g coin also of Emporion - probably a tetartemorion:</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_EmporionTetartemo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the most recent Emporion Pegasus I got - a drachm, in 2010 - it does have the little man comprising the head of Pegasus, but it&#039;s mostly off the flan and the reverse die was well-worn:</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_EmporionDrachm2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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