TARENTUM SILVER DIDRACHM – SCARCE ISSUE OF NICOTTAS WITH DOLPHIN RIGHT – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK CALABRIA COIN (Inv. 20748)

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20748. CALABRIA. TARENTUM. Ca. 302-280 BC.
Silver Didrachm (Nomos), 20 mm. Issue of magistrate Nicottas.
Obv. Helmeted warrior with shield and spear riding horse left, YƎ in upper right field, [NIKΩTTAΣ] below. Rev.TAPAΣ, dolphin rider right, holding trident and arrow, ZOP in left field, hippocamp right in exergue.
Vlasto 698; cf. HN Italy 968.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, a scare variety with a hippocamp symbol and the dolphin rider oriented to the right.