Watch List notes:

GREEK COINS
CALABRIA

Tarentum. Circa 490-480 BC. Stater (Silver, 18mm, 8.00 g 3). ΤΑΡΑΣ Phalanthos, nude, riding dolphin to right, his left arm outstretched with the palm of his hand upwards, and holding an octopus in his right; cable border. Rev. ΤΑΡΑΣ Hippocamp to right; below, scallop; border of rays. Fischer-Bossert 55 f (this coin). HN III 827. Vlasto 116 (this coin). Toned and impressive, and with a fine pedigree. Scratches from 19th century cleaning, otherwise, good very fine.

From a Swiss collection, ex SKA Monetarium FPL 55, Spring 1991, 3, from the Hunt collection, II, Sotheby 21 June 1990, 175 and from the collection of S. Weintraub, ex Münzen und Medaillen VIII, 8 December 1949, 695, from the collection of M. P. Vlasto, and from that of the Marchese Carlo Strozzi, Sangiorgi, 15 April 1907, 825.