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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1852672, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;ve had occasion to post this coin several times in the last month and here it is again.&nbsp; Sorry for the repetition but it is one of my favorites.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]309756[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>CORINTHIA. Corinth. Ca. 345-307 BC</b></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; head of Silenus behind</p><p>Ref: Ravel 1046. Calciati 408. Scarce variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>This variety, with the Silenus control mark, is the Corinth stater chosen to represent the series in HJB&#039;s book &quot;100 Greatest Ancient Coins&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a great website about Corinth staters, as well as Pegasus-bearing staters issued in Akarnania, Bruttium, Illyricum, Leukas, and Syracuse.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://www.corinthstaters.com/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.corinthstaters.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.corinthstaters.com/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>From that site, information about Silenus:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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