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Taras, Calabria
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281-209 BC
Æ13 (13.5mm, 1.64g),
O: Kantharos; eight-rayed star on each side.
R: Kantharos; TA to left, filleted bucranium to right.
D'Andrea 1722; Vlasto 1821-23; Hands Type IV; McClean 796; Cote 427; HN Italy 1086; SNG Cop 1601; Sear 609
Scarce
From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection. ex Naville Numismatics
“Receive the god into your kingdom,
pour libations, cover your head with ivy, join the dance!”
~ Euripides (The Bacchae)
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![Taras, Calabria
281-209 BC
Æ13 (13.5mm, 1.64g),
O: Kantharos; eight-rayed star on each side.
R: Kantharos; TA to left, filleted bucranium to right.
D'Andrea 1722; Vlasto 1821-23; Hands Type IV; McClean 796; Cote 427; HN Italy 1086; SNG Cop 1601; Sear 609
Scarce
From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection. ex Naville Numismatics
[i]“Receive the god into your kingdom,
pour libations, cover your head with ivy, join the dance!”[/i]
~ Euripides (The Bacchae)](albums/userpics/21312/normal_Vlasto_1821.JPG "Click to view full size image
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Taras, Calabria
281-209 BC
Æ13 (13.5mm, 1.64g),
O: Kantharos; eight-rayed star on each side.
R: Kantharos; TA to left, filleted bucranium to right.
D'Andrea 1722; Vlasto 1821-23; Hands Type IV; McClean 796; Cote 427; HN Italy 1086; SNG Cop 1601; Sear 609
Scarce
From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection. ex Naville Numismatics
[i]“Receive the god into your kingdom,
pour libations, cover your head with ivy, join the dance!”[/i]
~ Euripides (The Bacchae)")
