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Coin: 5436

Format: Coin
Issue: 3060

Details

Notes

F-B O: 13, R: 25

Object Type

coin

Denomination

Metal

Region

Italy

State

City

Date

Obverse Figure Description

Boy on a dolphin, right, right hand extended and opened upward, left hand holds an octopus

Obverse Legend

TARAS [alphas with diagonal bars; three-bar sigma]

Reverse Figure Description

Hippocamp, right

Reverse Symbol

Citations

F-B, Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert, Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 1999 32
Vlasto Coll., Oscar Ravel, Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, 1947 126

References

Provenance

Jean Vinchon, Paris; 27/2/1961; $37.08

Coin Description

Size: 20 in mm
Die Axis: 9
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 32l
References: F-B
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