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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > SH58670
Taras, Calabria, Italy, c. 272 - 235 B.C.
|Italy|, |Taras,| |Calabria,| |Italy,| |c.| |272| |-| |235| |B.C.|, The reverse depicts Taras, the son of Poseidon and of a local nymph, Satyrion, being saved from a shipwreck by riding a dolphin sent to him by Poseidon. This symbol of the ancient Greek city is still the symbol of Taranto today.
SH58670. Silver nomos, Vlasto 880 (same reverse die), SNG ANS 1197 ff., HN Italy 1033, VF, dark toning, Taras (Taranto, Italy) mint, weight 6.500g, maximum diameter 19.2mm, die axis 0o, c. 272 - 235 B.C.; obverse nude youth on horseback right, shield and two lances in left hand, spear pointed downward in right, ΔI above left, AΠI-ΣTI/KΛ-ΗΣ below; reverse TAPAΣ, Taras astride dolphin left, kantharos in right, trident in left, head of a nymph left behind; SOLD











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