Coin: 5363

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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

Series

oekist

Citations

References

Provenance

de Nicola, Rome; 12/1963; Monete e Medaglie, lire 20,000

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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