Details

Notes

F-B O: 27, R: 48

Object Type

coin

Denomination

Didrachm

Metal

Silver

Region

Italy

State

Calabria

City

Tarentum

Date

-510 to -450

Obverse Figure Description

Boy on a dolphin, right, boy's left arm extended, right arm thrust out behind holding octopus

Reverse Figure Description

Hippocamp, right

Reverse Symbol

scallop shell

Citations

• F-B, Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert, Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 1999 65
• Vlasto Coll., Oscar Ravel, Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, 1947 97-107

References

• F-B
• Vlasto Coll.

Provenance

American Numismatic Society, New York; Feb. 1959; $30