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

$675.00

CALABRIA. TARENTUM. Ca. 280-240 BC.
Silver didrachm (nomos), 6.40 g, 21 mm. Issue of magistrates Hippoda.
Obv. Youthful rider right, |-IΠΠOΔA below. Rev. TAPAΣ, dolphin rider left, holding cantharus, amphora and ΔI in left field.
Vlasto 904-906; HN Italy 1040; HGC 1, 894.
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.