The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. ITALY. Ca labria , Tarentum (c.380-340 B.C.), Silver Stater, 8.03g,. Naked ephebos crowning a horse standing to left on ground line, with its right foreleg raised, A below the horse. Rev. TAPAΣ , Taras seated astride dolphin to left, holding a kantharos in his right hand, he leans backwards and rests his left hand on the back of the dolphin, P below (Kraay - Hirmer pl. 106, 307 (this coin); Fischer-Bossert 457d (V200/R348) (this coin); Vlasto 414; SNG ANS 914; HN Italy 875). A few light old marks, lightly toned, about extremely fin e. This coin published in ‘Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent’, W. Fischer-Bossert (1999), p. 154, 457d; and illustrated in ‘Greek Coins’, C.M. Kraay & M. Hirmer (1966), pl. 106, 307. Purchased from G. Müller, 28 June 1989 US$ 2,800
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