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Ancients-Greek: Calabria, Taras. Ca. 302-290 B.C

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Ancients-Greek: Calabria, Taras. Ca. 302-290 B.C
<B>Calabria, Taras.</B></I> Ca. 302-290 B.C. AR nomos (18 mm). Helmeted, nude warrior on horse prancing right, thrusting lance and holding two more lances and a round shield / Taras astride dolphin left, holding trident and shield decorated with a hippocamp; letters before, murex shell below. Fischer-Bossert group 77, 1000 (V386/R770); Dewing 159 (same obv. die); Vlasto 594-8; Evans period VB, 5-8; HN Italy 935. VF30 ICG. <I>The second known example of this die-pairing. The only other coin sold in Gorny 13 (28 June 1979), 5.</B></I> <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)