CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 470-450 BC. Litra (Silver, 11 mm, 0.66 g, 5 h). Cockle shell within plain circular border. Rev. Female head (Satyria?) to left. HN III 840. Jameson 99 ( this coin ). Vlasto 1167. Toned and with a wonderful reverse head. Minor flan crack, otherwise, very fine/about extremely fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and those of Leo Mildenberg and Robert Jameson, Münzen und Medaillen VIII, 8 December 1949, 700, and from the collection of Sir Arthur Evans.

Satyria (sometimes Satyrion) was a nymph from Calabria who came to the notice of Poseidon; in the usual way this produced the infant Taras, the founder of Tarentum.