Coin: 6377

Format
Coin
Issue
3809

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    Details

    Notes
    F-B O: 164, R:277. So worn that some details are obscured.
    Object Type
    coin
    Denomination
    Didrachm
    Metal
    Silver
    Region
    Italy
    State
    Calabria
    City
    Tarentum
    Date
    -415 to -390
    Obverse Figure Description
    Rider on jumping horse, right, rider's left hand holds the reins, right held back bent at an acute angle; L in front of rider's foot
    Obverse Symbol
    L
    Reverse Figure Description
    Boy on a dolphin, right, rider's left hand extended on a level, right hand casts spear
    Citations
    References
    Provenance
    Coin Galleries, New York, NY; March 1964; $30, #A3 of Vol. V, number 1 Numismatic Review

    Coin Description

    Size
    21 in mm
    Die Axis
    2
    Weight
    7.46 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 355e
    References
    F-B
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