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Features

Issuer	Tarentum (Calabria)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	275 BC - 200 BC
Currency	Campanian (Italic-Achaean) drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	2.26 g
Diameter	12.0 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 185175
References	HN Italy# 1092 Neville Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum: Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Vlasto# 1850 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Morcom# 259 Martin Jessop Price, John Morcom; 1995. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Great Britain / Volume 10. The John Morcom collection of western Greek bronze coins. Oxford University Press, Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Scallop shell

Reverse

Kithara with six strings and to left, olive branch

Mint

Taras, Calabria, modern-day Taranto, Italy

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ND (275 BC - 200 BC)								$ 1700

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG Auction 30 Lot 1014	6 Nov 2023	XF	USD 2028.11 (CHF 1600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG Auction 8 Lot 11	22 Oct 2013	XF	USD 950.68 (CHF 750.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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