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Auction 12  22 May 2016
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Lot 15

Estimate: 2000 CHF
Price realized: 5500 CHF
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Tarentum. Circa 315-302 BC. Stater (Silver, 21mm, 7.90 g 1). Nude rider on horse galloping to right, stabbing with spear held in his right hand and holding two other spears and shield with his left; below, ΣΑ. Rev. ΤΑΡΑΣ Phalanthos riding dolphin to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and trident in his left; below, dolphin to left; to left, monogram of ΑΡ. Fischer-Bossert 842 a (this coin). HN III 937. A beautifully struck, beautifully centered and attractively toned coin. Extremely fine.

From a Swiss collection, recorded in 1965, and earlier from the collection of W. Froehner = "Numismatico Straniero", R. Ratto, 26 April 1909, 792.

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