Coin: 5365

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Issue
3008

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    Notes
    F-B O: 39; R: 55
    Object Type
    coin
    Denomination
    Didrachm
    Metal
    Silver
    Region
    Italy
    State
    Calabria
    City
    Tarentum
    Date
    -510 to -450
    Obverse Figure Description
    Boy on a dolphin, left, nude
    Obverse Symbol
    scallop shell
    Reverse Figure Description
    four spokes with axle protruding
    Reverse Symbol
    wheel
    Citations
    F-B, Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert, Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 1999 79
    References
    F-B
    Provenance
    de Nicola, Rome; 10/5/1957; Coin Galleries, mail-bid sale, $35

    Coin Description

    Size
    12 in mm
    Die Axis
    11
    Weight
    7.5 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 79k
    References
    F-B
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