Additional information
| Weight | 6,3 g |
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Didrachma Calabria Taranto
€350
Certified collector’s coin
Authentic certified collection coin n°915373
Country: Greece Calabria
period / Workshop: 272- 253 BC
Period Value: Didrachm
Kingdom / City: Taranto
Metal / weight: Silver 6.26g
References: Pozzi 126
Obverse: Naked horseman walking to the right, crowning his horse
Reverse: Naked Taras riding a dolphin on the left
Historical Details: During a shipwreck, Taras was saved by a dolphin who took him on his back and dropped them on the shore. In this place, Taras created according to the legend, the city of taranto which became a Vth and IVth century BC the largest Greek city in the south of Italy. After the death of Pyrrhus, kings of Epirus in 272 BC. Taranto made an alliance with Rome.
Conservation state :
Obverse F+
Reverse VF
