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Taras, Calabria
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276-272 BC
AR Obol (11mm, 0.42g)
O: Kantharos; Φ and two pellets around.
R: Kantharos; two pellets around and crown (amphora?) to right.
D'Andrea XLII, 1274 (amphora); Vlasto ---; Cote---; McClean ---; McGill ---; HN Italy 1076; Sear 357v
Rare
ex Pop Numismatik
"To the must-drinking Satyrs and to Bacchus, planter of the vine, Heronax consecrated the first handfuls of his plantation, these three casks from three vineyards, filled with the first flow of the wine; from which we, having poured such libation as is meet to crimson Bacchus and the Satyrs, will drink deeper than they."
~ 'The Vintage Revel', Leonidas of Tarentum
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![Taras, Calabria
276-272 BC
AR Obol (11mm, 0.42g)
O: Kantharos; Φ and two pellets around.
R: Kantharos; two pellets around and crown (amphora?) to right.
D'Andrea XLII, 1274 (amphora); Vlasto ---; Cote---; McClean ---; McGill ---; HN Italy 1076; Sear 357v
Rare
ex Pop Numismatik
[i]"To the must-drinking Satyrs and to Bacchus, planter of the vine, Heronax consecrated the first handfuls of his plantation, these three casks from three vineyards, filled with the first flow of the wine; from which we, having poured such libation as is meet to crimson Bacchus and the Satyrs, will drink deeper than they."[/i]
~ 'The Vintage Revel', Leonidas of Tarentum](albums/userpics/21312/normal_Taras_obol_zz.JPG "Click to view full size image
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Taras, Calabria
276-272 BC
AR Obol (11mm, 0.42g)
O: Kantharos; Φ and two pellets around.
R: Kantharos; two pellets around and crown (amphora?) to right.
D'Andrea XLII, 1274 (amphora); Vlasto ---; Cote---; McClean ---; McGill ---; HN Italy 1076; Sear 357v
Rare
ex Pop Numismatik
[i]\"To the must-drinking Satyrs and to Bacchus, planter of the vine, Heronax consecrated the first handfuls of his plantation, these three casks from three vineyards, filled with the first flow of the wine; from which we, having poured such libation as is meet to crimson Bacchus and the Satyrs, will drink deeper than they.\"[/i]
~ 'The Vintage Revel', Leonidas of Tarentum")
