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Authentic certified collection coin N°915369

 

Country: Greece Calabria

Period/mint: 302-281 BC

Period Value: Didrachm

Obverse: Naked horseman walking to the right, crowning his horse.

Kingdom/city: Taranto

Metal/weight: Silver 6.25g

References: Pozzi 126

Reverse: Naked Taras riding a dolphin to the left, holding a cornucopia.

Historical details: During a shipwreck, Taras was saved by a dolphin who took him on his back and put him on the shore. At this place, Taras created according to legend, the Greek city of Taranto in the south of Italy. After the death of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus in 272 BC, Taranto made an alliance with Rome.

Conservation state :

Obverse F+

Reverse VF

 

Additional information

Weight 6,3 g

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