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    - ID: 387

    Submitter: Jean-Luc

    Added: 1998-04-21

    MYSIA. Lampsacus.

    AV-Stater.
    Av.: Laureate head of Zeus to l., over r. shoulder, scepter.
    Rv.: Forepart of Pegasus to r.
    8,44 g. c. 15 mm.

    Ref.: cf. Baldwin, AJN 53, 29. BMFA 1594.

    BoC: 20/2, 1995/6, p. 13.

    FAKE – A much counterfeited coin type, in this case an old cast. PegasusĀ“s wing and mane are over-elaborate and there is not the least indication of an incuse square, be it ever so shallow. For better counterfeits of this type see BoC 17/2, 1992, p. 4-5.

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