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Taras, Calabria
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385-380 BC
AR Obol (11mm, 0.55g)
O: Head of nymph Satyra right.
R: Club and strung bow diagonally; 5 pellets around.
D'Andrea XXII, 399; Vlasto 1212-13; SNG ANS 1352-53; HN Italy 858
Very scarce
ex Artemide Aste
An unusual early fractional, it is also the subject of some confusion. Vlasto describes the obverse as "Bare-headed Athena right against aegis", however I see no aegis on this specimen, and the Vlasto plates are not clear either. A bare-headed Athena would be quite atypical for Taras, while the nymph Satyra, mother of the baby Taras, is a very common theme on these earlier
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![Taras, Calabria
385-380 BC
AR Obol (11mm, 0.55g)
O: Head of nymph Satyra right.
R: Club and strung bow diagonally; 5 pellets around.
D'Andrea XXII, 399; Vlasto 1212-13; SNG ANS 1352-53; HN Italy 858
Very scarce
ex Artemide Aste
[i]An unusual early fractional, it is also the subject of some confusion. Vlasto describes the obverse as "Bare-headed Athena right against aegis", however I see no aegis on this specimen, and the Vlasto plates are not clear either. A bare-headed Athena would be quite atypical for Taras, while the nymph Satyra, mother of the baby Taras, is a very common theme on these earlier
coins.[/i]](albums/userpics/21312/3095450_1658390822_l~3.jpg "Taras, Calabria
385-380 BC
AR Obol (11mm, 0.55g)
O: Head of nymph Satyra right.
R: Club and strung bow diagonally; 5 pellets around.
D'Andrea XXII, 399; Vlasto 1212-13; SNG ANS 1352-53; HN Italy 858
Very scarce
ex Artemide Aste
[i]An unusual early fractional, it is also the subject of some confusion. Vlasto describes the obverse as \"Bare-headed Athena right against aegis\", however I see no aegis on this specimen, and the Vlasto plates are not clear either. A bare-headed Athena would be quite atypical for Taras, while the nymph Satyra, mother of the baby Taras, is a very common theme on these earlier
coins.[/i]")
