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Coin: 5433

Format: Coin
Issue: 3054

Details

Notes

F-B O: 56, R: 71

Object Type

coin

Denomination

Metal

Region

Italy

State

City

Date

Obverse Figure Description

Boy on a dolphin, left, arms extended, hair in bun

Obverse Legend

TARAS [three-bar sigma]

Obverse Symbol

Reverse Figure Description

Hippocamp, left, bristling mane, feathers arranged in two rows, speckled tail

Citations

F-B, Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert, Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 1999 109
Vlasto Coll., Oscar Ravel, Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, 1947 133

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
Citations: F-B, Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert, Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 1999 109z
References: F-B
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