TARENTUM SILVER DIDRACHM – VARIETY WITH SILENUS MASK – CHOICE AU NGC GRADED GREEK PROVENANCED COIN (Inv. 18492)

$1,150.00

18492. CALABRIA. TARENTUM. Ca. 280–240 BC.
Silver Didrachm (Nomos), 6.33 g, 20 mm. Issue of magistrate Kynon.
Obv. Youthful rider right crowning horse, AP monogram in upper left field, KY/NΩN in lower right field, mask of Silenus below. Rev. TAPAΣ, dolphin rider left, holding cantharus.
HN Italy 1031; Vlasto 860 (same obverse die).
Ex Salton Collection, likely acquired in the 1950s-1960s when Mr. Salton owned a numismatic firm in New York.
NGC CHOICE AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 2/5, “marks.”