Nomos

Obolos Webauction 17  –  20 December 2020

Nomos, Obolos Webauction 17

Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic and early Medieval Coins, multiple lots

Su, 20.12.2020, from 3:00 PM CET
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Description

CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 240-228 BC. Didrachm or nomos (Silver, 20 mm, 6.68 g, 12 h), struck under the magistrates Xenokrates and So.... ΞΕ-ΝΟΚΡΑ/Τ-ΗΣ Armored cavalryman, riding horse moving to left, raising his right hand in salute and turning his bearded and laureate head to face the viewer; in upper field to right, monogram and pileus. Rev. [Τ]ΑΡΑΣ Phalanthos, nude, riding dolphin to left, his body turned slightly back to right, holding a trident over his right shoulder in his right hand and holding his drapery in his upraised left; to right, monogram of ΣΩ; below, waves and cuttlefish. HN III 1058. SNG ANS 1258. Vlasto 957. Lustrous. Obverse struck from a slightly worn die, otherwise, virtually as struck.

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