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Greek (Classical). Corinth, Corinthia. AR Stater (8.54g, 21mm, 9h). 4th Cent BCE.
Obverse: Pegasos flying r., Ϙ below.
Reverse: Head of Athena l., wearing Corinthian helmet and necklace. Γ below chin, dove in wreath to r.
Reference: Ravel 1029; Pegasi 419; BCD Corinth 110; SNG Lockett 2094; Pozzi/Boutin 1688/3756 (this coin illustrated on Pl. CLXVII).
Provenance: Ex Dr. S. Pozzi (1846-1918) Collection [Naville I (14 March 1921), 1688 (illustrated on Pl. LIII)]; Collezione Valerio Traverso (Genova) [Michele Baranowsky (Milan, 25 Feb 1931), 593 (Pl. XXII)]; acq. by private treaty c. 1991, Glass Shoppe Coins (Tucson, AZ, Halden Birt owner but coin purchased from Tony Tumonis [?]).
Notes: One of my first coins, bought from my local coin shop in 1991, when I was 12. It also became my first serious “lost & found provenance” when, decades later, I spotted it in the plates of the 1921 Pozzi sale catalog. A few years later, I also noticed it in the 1931 Traverso catalog. (The intervening 60 years remain a mystery.) It was a turning point in my collecting career; since then, I have mainly limited myself to buying coins for which I can find some lost provenance unknown to the seller (and, presumably, to other potential buyers).
My copy of Baranowsky’s 1931 Traverso sale is also one of my favorites for its own extensive provenance (ex libraries of J. Schulman 63, Harry Bass Jr. 342, Malter 641, Cederlind, Davis), as detailed on my “Catalog Favorites” page:
See also: Coin in hand video; FAC Topic 102458 (“Old Auction Catalogue Madness!”) Reply 298; FAC Gallery.