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Taras, Calabria
276-272 BC
AR Litra (10mm, 0.57g)
O: Scallop shell with nine teeth.
R: Dolphin right; bunch of grapes and I below.
D'Andrea XLII, 1254; Vlasto 1527; cf Cote 417; SNG ANS 1512v (letter)
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[i]"Tarentum is a colony of the Lakedaimonians... They say that Taras the hero was a son of Poseidon by a Nymphe of the country, and that after this hero were named both the city and the river. For the river, just like the city, is called Taras."[/i]
~ Pausanias 10.10.8

Taras, Calabria

276-272 BC
AR Litra (10mm, 0.57g)
O: Scallop shell with nine teeth.
R: Dolphin right; bunch of grapes and I below.
D'Andrea XLII, 1254; Vlasto 1527; cf Cote 417; SNG ANS 1512v (letter)
ex Forvm Ancient Coins

"Tarentum is a colony of the Lakedaimonians... They say that Taras the hero was a son of Poseidon by a Nymphe of the country, and that after this hero were named both the city and the river. For the river, just like the city, is called Taras."
~ Pausanias 10.10.8

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Album name:Enodia / Magna Graecia - Taras (Fractional Coinage)
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Date added:Sep 26, 2013
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Sosius   [Sep 27, 2013 at 06:59 PM]
Nice!
Randygeki(h2)   [Oct 07, 2013 at 08:37 AM]
A very cool little coin!
superflex   [Oct 10, 2013 at 08:24 AM]
I love these little guys from Taras !
Virgil H   [Jul 25, 2021 at 04:10 AM]
I love coins like this.
Tracy Aiello   [Jul 25, 2021 at 01:24 PM]
Sweet fractional.

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