91, Lot: 116. Estimate $200. Sold for $265. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CORINTHIA, Corinth. Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. Æ 26mm (14.28 gm). Laureate head right / COR CIL, Bellerophon riding Pegasos flying right, attacking a chimaera, facing left. BCD 663; SNG Copenhagen -. Fine, light brown surfaces, brassy highlights, flan crack.

Ex Judge Sanborn Collection (Malloy XII, 25 April 1978), lot 579.

According to legend, Prince Bellerophon tamed the flying horse, known as a Pegasos, symbol of Corinth. He also killed the mythological chimaera, part lion, she-goat, and serpent.