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Monograms
Coin: 5363
Format
Coin
Issue
3005
Details
Notes
F-B O: 89; R: 129; obverse legend invisible
Object Type
coin
Denomination
Didrachm
Metal
Silver
Region
Italy
State
Calabria
City
Tarentum
Date
-450 to -440
Obverse Figure Description
Boy on a dolphin, left, nude, arms forward
Obverse Legend
TARAS [three-bar sigma]
Obverse Symbol
scallop shell
Reverse Figure Description
Seated figure, left, nude, draped around waist, holding distaff in right hand
Series
oekist
Citations
F-B, Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert, Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 1999 181
Vlasto, Taras, Michel Vlasto, Taras Oikistes: a contribution to Tarentine numismatics, 1922 16F.
Vlasto Coll., Oscar Ravel, Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, 1947 203
References
F-B
Vlasto, Taras
Vlasto Coll.
Provenance
de Nicola, Rome; 12/1963; Monete e Medaglie, lire 20,000
Coin Description
Size
21 in mm
Die Axis
10
Weight
6.6 in grams
Accession
Accession number: 421, 1966-01-01, Gift of: Baldwin Maull
Citations
F-B, Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert, Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 1999 181k
References
F-B
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