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Auction 26 21 May 2023
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CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 470-450 BC. Litra (Silver, 11 mm, 0.66 g, 5 h). Cockle shell within plain circular border. Rev. Female head (Satyria?) to left. HN III 840. Jameson 99 (this coin). Vlasto 1167. Toned and with a wonderful reverse head. Minor flan crack, otherwise, very fine/about extremely fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and those of Leo Mildenberg and Robert Jameson, Münzen und Medaillen VIII, 8 December 1949, 700, and from the collection of Sir Arthur Evans.
Satyria (sometimes Satyrion) was a nymph from Calabria who came to the notice of Poseidon; in the usual way this produced the infant Taras, the founder of Tarentum.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and those of Leo Mildenberg and Robert Jameson, Münzen und Medaillen VIII, 8 December 1949, 700, and from the collection of Sir Arthur Evans.
Satyria (sometimes Satyrion) was a nymph from Calabria who came to the notice of Poseidon; in the usual way this produced the infant Taras, the founder of Tarentum.