TARENTUM SILVER DIDRACHM – ISSUE OF MAGISTRATE PHILOTAS WITH EAGLE – AU NGC GRADED GREEK CALABRIA COIN (Inv. 17696)

$875.00

17696. CALABRIA. TARENTUM. C. 272–240 BC.
Silver Didrachm (Nomos), 6.52 g, 18mm. Issue of magistrate Philotas.
Obv. Youthful rider left, crowning his horse; ΔI to right, ΦIΛΩ/TAΣ in two lines below. Rev. TAPAΣ, dolphin rider left, holding cantharus and distaff, cock left in right field.
HGC 1, 889 var. (different symbol and rider attribute); Vlasto 846; HN Italy 1024.
Ex Kermit C. Smyth Collection. Ex Coin Galleries, 7/17/1996, lot 1320.
NGC graded AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5.