Ancients
CALABRIA. Tarentum. Ca. 240-228 BC. AR stater (20mm, 6.32 gm, 9h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Philocles, Le- and (uncertain), magistrates. Nude youth on horseback right, crowning prancing mount, ATNP monogram behind rider, ΛE monogram before horse, ΦΙΛΟ/KΛHΣ (magistrate) above dolphin right below / TAPAΣ, Taras astride dolphin left, holding rhyton in extended right hand and trident over left shoulder, two amphorae in right field. SNG ANS 1254. Vlasto 950. Attractive iridescent toning.
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XVIII (March 1987), lot 9.
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Estimate: 500-1000 USD