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GREEK, ITALY, CALABRIA, Taras. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Nomos
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23.5mm, 7.75 g, 4h
Taras as Oikistes, his torso bare, wearing himation from his waist, seated left on stool, holding kantharos in extended right hand and cradling scepter in left arm; altar to left.
Phalanthos, nude, extending left hand and supporting himself with his right, riding dolphin right; scallop shell below, TAPAN-TI-NΩN around.
Fischer-Bossert Group 17, 245 (V117/R184); Vlasto, Taras, Type 33, n = Ward 23 (same dies); Vlasto 212 (same dies); HN Italy 844; SNG Ashmoleon 227–8; BMC 85-6; de Luynes 281-2; McClean 556 (all from the same dies).
Old collection tone, light porosity at periphery, some old scratches under tone. VF.
From the Pythagoras Collection.
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