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Offline norman m

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corinthian coin?
« on: January 06, 2009, 11:35:29 am »
The Athena makes me think so. The obverse, pegasos, gryphon?


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Re: corinthian coin?
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2009, 12:51:25 pm »
Hi Norman, I think you mixed up the pictures.

You'll probably find your athena coin here:

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« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2009, 03:50:49 pm »
thank you andreas!!!!!!!!!
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Re: corinthian coin?
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2009, 11:03:46 pm »
Quote from: norman m on January 06, 2009, 11:35:29 am
The Athena makes me think so. The obverse, pegasos, gryphon?


thanks,

norm

The top photo looks like a coin of Syracuse (3rd C. BC. ?) and it even has the traces of part of the legend 'SYRAKOSION'.  I think I can see the SYRA... next to Athena's helmet.  Syracuse had some coin design features in common with Corinth including Athena heads on obverse and even Pegasos reverses.  There's a Syracuse silver stater of about 300BC that looks almost exactly like a Corinthian stater.

The bottom picture doesn't seem to go with the top picture - a different coin?  Depending on the size I'd expect the coin to have either half a Pegasos (8gm), all of Pegasos (about 15gm), or an octopus with a pair of dolphins swimming around it on the reverse (about 30gm).

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