Additional information
| Weight | 6,4 g |
|---|
Greek currency
€400
Collectible currency
Authentic certified collection coin N°915367
Country: Calabria Greece
Period / Workshop: 272-235 BC
Epoch values: Statere
Kingdom/City: Taranto
Metal/weight: silver 6.38g
References: Pozzi 139
Obverse: Naked horseman walking to the right, crowning his horse.
Reverse: Naked Taras, riding a dolphin to the left, holding a kantharos and a distaff.
Historical Details: During a shipwreck, Taras was saved by a dolphin who picked him up on his back and put him on the shore. At this place in the 5th and 4th century BC the largest Greek city in southern Italy. After the death of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus in 272 BC, Taranto made an alliance with Rome.
Conservation state :
Obverse: F+
Reverse: TB
Quite rare
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