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Features

Issuer	Tarentum (Calabria)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	280 BC - 272 BC
Value	Nomos (2)
Currency	Campanian (Italic-Achaean) drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	6.59 g
Diameter	23 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 416960
References	HN Italy# 1010 Neville Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum: Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , SNG ANS 1# 1118 Joan E. Fischer; 1969. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 1. Etruria-Calabria. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , Vlasto# 762-768 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

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Obverse

Nude youth riding horse walking to right, raising his right hand to crown the horse’s head; below horse, two amphorae.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΕΥ
ΑΠΠΟΛΩ

Reverse

Phalanthos seated astride dolphin to left, holding a kantharos in his outstretched right hand and a trident in his left; to left, ΘΙ; to right, Β.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΤΑΡΑΣ
ΘΙ
B

Mint

Taras, Calabria, modern-day Taranto, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (280 BC - 272 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG obolos 3 Lot 44	15 Nov 2015	XF	USD 2982.29 (CHF 2350.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG obolos 6 Lot 46	20 Nov 2016	VF	USD 266.50 (CHF 210.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG