Lot 3244

Description

Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (470-465 B.C.), silver stater, (7.946 grams), obv. Taras astride a dolphin to left, both arms outstretched, to right **TARAS*, below pecten or scallop shell, dotted border, rev. female head to left (Satyra) within a line border, (S.225, Vl.149 [p.20, Pl.V these dies], HN [Rutter] 838 [p.94], Evans Satra head type, F-Bnd Group 5, No. 101g [p.68 This Coin, obv. die V50, rev. die R65], Essays to Stanley Robinson Pl.7, 4 [same dies], Kraay and Hirmer 302 [same dies]). Very fine and rare.

Ex Bank Leu Auktion Sale 13, 29-30 April 1975 (lot 14, realising 9250 SFr) and subsequently sold by Pegasi Numismatics lot coming with their ticket.