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November Auction 2015 13 November 2015
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CORINTHIA, SILVER STATER OF CORINTH, ca. 460 BC, 8.624g, 11h. BCD 22. Old cabinet tone. Perfectly centered and struck on a broad flan. Exquisite archaic style. Extremely fine. Former Armand Trampitsch (1893-1975) collection, Jean Vinchon 1986 lot 190
The types of the Corinthian coinage derived from the myth of Bellerophon. Athena appeared to the hero in a dream and gave him the golden bridle with which he tamed Pegasos on the Acrocorinth, and then flew off to slay the Chimaera. Thus Athena was worshipped at Corinth as Athena Chalinitis (the Bridler).
The types of the Corinthian coinage derived from the myth of Bellerophon. Athena appeared to the hero in a dream and gave him the golden bridle with which he tamed Pegasos on the Acrocorinth, and then flew off to slay the Chimaera. Thus Athena was worshipped at Corinth as Athena Chalinitis (the Bridler).