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Corinth, Corinthia - Pegasus/Athena
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
ANCIENT - GREEK CIVIC (7th CENT BC - 1st CENT AD) CORINTHIA, CORINTH 4th Century BC |
| Item Description: |
AR Stater Corinthia, Corinth Salton Collection obv Pegasus. rv Athena. |
| Full Grade: |
NGC Ch XF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5 |
| Owner: |
PAL Collection |
Owner Comments:
Provenance: Mark and Lottie Salton Collection. From "100 Greatest Ancient Coins" by Harlan Berk: "The Athenian tetradrachm was widely used in transactions throughout the ancient Greek world for over 200 years. Athens had silver mines in Laroium in state ownership, which provided the bullion. The vast number of owl-tetradrachms available those days financed several key achievements of Athens (eg, reconstructing the Acropolis, building the Parthenon) as well as the Peloponnesian War. The owl of Athena was the iconographic symbol of the Athenian polis, with a sprig of olive and a crescent for the moon. According to Philochorus, it was known as glaux ('little owl') throughout the ancient world and "owl" to present day numismatists."