Coin: 5433

Format
Coin
Issue
3054

Details

Notes
F-B O: 56, R: 71
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, arms extended, hair in bun
Obverse Legend
TARAS [three-bar sigma]
Obverse Symbol
scallop shell
Reverse Figure Description
Hippocamp, left, bristling mane, feathers arranged in two rows, speckled tail
References
Provenance
de Nicola, Rome; 9/1965; Monete e Medaglie, lire 25,000

Coin Description

Size
19 in mm
Die Axis
6
Weight
7.7 in grams
Accession
Accession number: 421, 1966-01-01, Gift of: Baldwin Maull
References
F-B 109z
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