Nomos AG
Auction 26 21 May 2023
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CALABRIA. Tarentum. 500-480 BC. 1/6 Stater (Silver, 10 mm, 1.16 g, 8 h). Dolphin swimming to right above cockle shell; around, border of dots. Rev. [ΤΑ]ΡΑ[Σ] Hippocamp swimming to right; border of rays. HN III 829. Vlasto 1128. Toned. Very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions.
Tarentum produced the most extensive of all the coinages of Magna Graecia, and is famous for its massive series of staters or nomoi. Alongside those large coins the city minted a vast number of fractions for daily use: these included pieces struck in Greek denominations (diobols, obols, hemiobols, etc.) and on Italic standards (litra, hemilitra, hexantes, etc.). The twenty-nine Tarentine fractions presented in this collection are a remarkable cross section of that coinage, spanning more than 250 years of the city's numismatic history.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions.
Tarentum produced the most extensive of all the coinages of Magna Graecia, and is famous for its massive series of staters or nomoi. Alongside those large coins the city minted a vast number of fractions for daily use: these included pieces struck in Greek denominations (diobols, obols, hemiobols, etc.) and on Italic standards (litra, hemilitra, hexantes, etc.). The twenty-nine Tarentine fractions presented in this collection are a remarkable cross section of that coinage, spanning more than 250 years of the city's numismatic history.