TARENTUM SILVER DIDRACHM – ISSUE OF MAGISTRATE HIPPODA EX SALTON COLLECTION – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK COIN (Inv. 18494)

$675.00

18494. CALABRIA. TARENTUM. Ca. 280–240 BC.
Silver Didrachm (nomos), 6.35 g, 21 mm. Issue of magistrate Hippoda.
Obv. Youthful rider right, |–IΠΠOΔA below. Rev. TAPAΣ, dolphin rider left, holding cantharus, amphora and ΔI in left field.
HGC 1, 894; Vlasto 904–906; HN Italy 1040.
Ex Salton Collection, likely acquired in the 1950s–1960s when Mr. Salton owned a numismatic firm in New York.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, colorful iridescent highlights.