Description

This ancient silver coin features Pegasus in full flight with elegantly pointed wings.

Athena wears a Corinthian helmet pushed back from her face, on the back of the pendant. Behind her flowing hair is a ring of pendants.

Size and Material

Size: 20 mm 

Hand-fabricated recycled 18kt gold mount. 

18kt gold enhancer bail with .14ct diamonds.

One-of-a-kind with a Certificate of Authenticity. 

Story

Dated: 350-300 B.C.  Akarnania, Anactorium (a colony of Corinth)

Anactorium was a Corinthian colony on the Ionian Sea.  Their coinage was directly influenced by the Corinthian Pegasi.  

Pegasus was the son of Medusa and Poseidon, born when Perseus beheaded Medusa.  Medusa was reputed to be very beautiful but angered Athena by having an affair with Poseidon.  Athena then turned Medusa into a Gorgon with snake hair.

Pegasus was known as a gentle, helpful creature whom Zeus granted immortality by turning him into a constellation upon his death.  Because of his ability to fly, Pegasus is often associated with divine inspiration or the immortality of the soul, an emblem of both our physical body and our higher self.

In modern times, Pegasus has been regarded as a symbol of artistic inspiration.