Specimen · corinth-pegasos-athena-stater-001
Attribution: Greece (Corinthia). Corinth. Polis of Corinth. c. 490–450 BC. AR. stater.
Obverse: Pegasos with curled (archaic) wing flying left; below, koppa (Ϙ) — the archaic initial of Ϙόρινθος (Corinth)
Reverse: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, hair falling in a queue behind; all within a shallow incuse square
Weight: 7.58 g (tag) (From Bezayiff tag; not re-weighed. Notably below the full Corinthian stater standard of c. 8.6 g — see open threads.) Reference: Ravel Period II, 136 var. / Pegasi 68
Image: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC (cngcoins.com), used courtesy of CNG.
John's Ancient Coin Collection · Specimen · corinth-pegasos-athena-stater-001
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