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Stater of Corinth with Pegasos

Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 510–500 B.C.
Mint: Corinthia, Corinth

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 8.41 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.848
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1121.
DescriptionObverse: Bridled Pegasos to right, with curled wing.
Below: Greek letter koppa.
Reverse: In incuse square head of Athena Chalinitis to right with Corinthian helmet and bead necklace. Hair in beaded lines.
Plain square border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 867); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren