Coin: 6557

Format
Coin
Issue
3972

Details

Notes
F-B O: 406, R: 832. F-B marks "ohne Datum" under Maull's acquisition ex Salton/Schesinger, but Maull's records indicate that he purchased the coin in 1959.
Object Type
coin
Denomination
Didrachm
Metal
Silver
Region
Italy
State
Calabria
City
Tarentum
Date
-325 to -281
Obverse Figure Description
Rider on rearing horse, right, rider brandishes spear in right hand, on left arm shield with two spears beneath; SIM below horse's belly; border
Obverse Symbol
SIM
Reverse Figure Description
Boy on a dolphin, left, rider rests his right hand on dolphin's dorsal fin, left hand holds spindle; eagle to the left; PHI below dolphin; waves below
Reverse Legend
TARAS
Reverse Symbol
PHI
Citations
References
Provenance
Salton/Schlesinger; Nov. 1959; $40; #56 in Fixed Prce Bulletin, #29 in Winter 1959

Coin Description

Size
20 in mm
Die Axis
11
Weight
7.75 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 1078b
References
F-B
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