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Auction 30  9 January 2013
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Lot 4

Estimate: 2750 USD
Price realized: 2800 USD
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ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Calabria, Tarentum (c.332-302 B.C.), Silver Stater, 8.00g, 12h. Naked ephebe on horseback pacing to right, crowning himself, ΣA and the capital of an Ionic column below. Rev. TAPAΣ, Taras seated astride dolphin to left, holding a water snake in his extended right hand and a whip in his left, KON below (Vlasto 656 (this obverse die); Fischer-Bossert 974 (V378/R750); HN Italy 942). A well-struck and detailed example, with a superb deep old cabinet tone, extremely fine, a wonderful and aesthetically appealing example.
Ex R. A. van Every Collection
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc., Auction V, Beverly Hills, 23-24 February 1978, lot 12

Estimate: $2,750
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