Pegasos Stater of Corinth

A Corinthian stater, circa 400–375 BC. Diameter 21 mm, 8.54 grams. The obverse shows Pegasos in flight; the reverse, the head of Athena wearing a helmet. Corinthian coins were nicknamed "póloi" (foals). The standard was unique: a stater of about 8.6 grams was divided into three drachmas, not two. This was exactly half the weight of an Athenian tetradrachm, and the two currencies circulated concurrently. The same types were struck at the mints of the western colonies, spreading to Sicily and Southern Italy.