Triton XVIII, Lot: 538. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CORINTHIA, Corinth. Circa 375-300 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 8.51 g, 3h). Pegasos flying left; koppa below / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet; A below, krotalon (rattle) to right. Ravel 1044b corr. (control letters; same rev. die); Pegasi 406 var. (control letters); BCD Corinth 118 corr. (same; same rev. die). Good VF, toned, die break on obverse, die shift on reverse. Well centered.

From the collection of a Southern Pathologist, purchased from Paul Rynearson, 30 September 1991.

This coin provides a firm link between Ravel’s V and VI series, as it has the single A control of series V, while the reverse symbol, a rattle, was previously only known on early coins of series VI. Although coins struck from this reverse die were previously known (Ravel 1044b and BCD 118), those coins were slightly off center on the reverse, preventing a correct identification of the controls.