TARENTUM SILVER DIDRACHM – ISSUE OF PHINTULOS WITH NIKE CROWNING DOLPHIN RIDER – XF NGC GRADED GREEK CALABRIA COIN (Inv. 17711)

$1,400.00

CALABRIA. TARENTUM. Ca. 281-240 BC.
Silver didrachm (nomos), 6.64 g, 22 mm.
Obv. Warrior on charging horse right, preparing to throw lance, with shield and spears strapped to his back, EY in left field, ΦINT/[YΛOΣ] below. Rev. Dolphin rider left, holding trident and Nike who crowns him, ΠOΛY in left field, prow in lower right field.
Vlasto, 720-723; Rutter, HN Italy, 1002.
Ex CNG Electronic Auction 408, 10/25/2017, lot 6.
NGC graded XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, “flan flaw”, dark gray cabinet patina.

Published: Vilmar Fixed Price List IV, no. 4.