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Taras, Calabria
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400-390 BC (Period II - Transitional)
AR Didrachm (22mm, 7.56g)
O: Warrior dismounting horse cantering left, holding small shield in left hand.
R: Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding oval shield in left hand and helmet in extended right; TAP[AΣ] below.
D'Andrea XX, 304; Vlasto 298; Fischer-Bossert 327v; Evans II, C; cf SNG France 1703; cf McGill II, 12; Cote 105-06; SNG ANS 869-71; Sear 334v; HN Italy 849
ex Aegean Numismatics
The earliest issues of Tarentine 'horsemen' depicted the dolphin rider on the obverse. Evans labelled this era Period I.
During the following period, which Evans called 'transitional', we start to see a shift to the more traditional horseman obverse with the dolphin rider moved to the reverse. By the end of Period II this format becomes universal.
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![Taras, Calabria
400-390 BC (Period II - Transitional)
AR Didrachm (22mm, 7.56g)
O: Warrior dismounting horse cantering left, holding small shield in left hand.
R: Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding oval shield in left hand and helmet in extended right; TAP[AΣ] below.
D'Andrea XX, 304; Vlasto 298; Fischer-Bossert 327v; Evans II, C; cf SNG France 1703; cf McGill II, 12; Cote 105-06; SNG ANS 869-71; Sear 334v; HN Italy 849
ex Aegean Numismatics
[i]The earliest issues of Tarentine 'horsemen' depicted the dolphin rider on the obverse. Evans labelled this era Period I.
During the following period, which Evans called 'transitional', we start to see a shift to the more traditional horseman obverse with the dolphin rider moved to the reverse. By the end of Period II this format becomes universal.[/i]](albums/userpics/21312/20201122_221328.jpg "Taras, Calabria
400-390 BC (Period II - Transitional)
AR Didrachm (22mm, 7.56g)
O: Warrior dismounting horse cantering left, holding small shield in left hand.
R: Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding oval shield in left hand and helmet in extended right; TAP[AΣ] below.
D'Andrea XX, 304; Vlasto 298; Fischer-Bossert 327v; Evans II, C; cf SNG France 1703; cf McGill II, 12; Cote 105-06; SNG ANS 869-71; Sear 334v; HN Italy 849
ex Aegean Numismatics
[i]The earliest issues of Tarentine 'horsemen' depicted the dolphin rider on the obverse. Evans labelled this era Period I.
During the following period, which Evans called 'transitional', we start to see a shift to the more traditional horseman obverse with the dolphin rider moved to the reverse. By the end of Period II this format becomes universal.[/i]")
