Nice dolphins, everyone! A Taras remains on my buy list, awaiting the right coin at the right time at the right price.
I have a few coins to add.
SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles
310-305 BCE
AR tetradrachm, 17.40 g, 24 mm
Obv: head of the nymph Arethusa left, wearing grain wreath, earring and necklace; around, three dolphins; under, monogram (NK?)
Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, fast chariot charioteer leads to left, holding reins and kentron; above, triskeles; in exergue, monogram
Ref: Ierardi 9; SNG Copenhagen 573 var., SNG ANS 637
LUCANIA, Velia
305-290 BCE
AR didrachm, 17.5 mm, 7.3 gm
Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet, decorated with griffin; at left, A
Rev: YEΛHTΩN; lion standing on exergual line; above dolphin between I and Φ
Ref: SNG ANS 1375-6
THRACE. Byzantion
340-320 BCE
AR siglos, 17 mm, 5.0 gm
Obv: Heifer standing left on dolphin swimming to left
Rev: Incuse mill-sail pattern
Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 21
TIF, I love your
tetradrachm!
I remember that
auction. Here we have a beautiful genuine coin, sold by an
auction house that in these days has been the focus of hard criticism by some
forvm users, going as far as to propose a
NFSL nomination!!! (wisely removed by Joe)
Your coin is absolutely marvelous, congratulations TIF!!
Just a note,
Ierardi 9 is a wrong reference, the correct is
Ierardi 12 (O2-R8), the
obverse die is one of the earliest for the
type, and it is considered one of the most beautiful among the 16 known
obverse dies. (known
reverse dies are 55)
Regards
Nico