The Weber collection; Greek coins ... - Forvm Ancient Coins

No. Wt.
513
PI. 24
514
PI. 24
I2 4-3
8.0s
121 .
6
7^89"
Metal
Size.
A20
A17
CALABRIA
DESCRIPTION
1^.. Same type as obv. but to r., without the flower ; the interior of
the chelys clearly shown : border of radiating lines — allinincuse.
— Stater.
(H. Hoffmann, 1893.)
Vlasto, Rare or Unpublished Coins of Taras, Num. Chron., 1907, p. 277 (PL x, 1).
A. Sambon, Rev. Num., 1916, PI. 11, 13.
Cf. B. M. Cat., Italy, p. 165, n° 33.
Cf. Babelon, Traite, PL lxv, i.
Vlasto, he. cit., describes the six specimens known by him of this extraordinarily
rare coin : 1. Brit. Mus. (ex Durand and Payne Knight Coll.) ; 2. Paris (ex
Pellerin Coll.) ; 3. Berlin (ex Dupre Coll.) ; '4. Brussels (ex. Bompois Coll.); 5.
Naples, Santangelo Coll.) ; 6. Vlasto (this coin, which was ceded to him by the
late Sir Hermann Weber in 1906). There is a seventh very poor specimen in the
Copenhagen cabinet.
Compact fabric. Wheel type.
Group B. Circ. B. C. 510-480.
SAflAT. Taras, naked, riding on dolphin to r., extending 1. arm
and with r. hand resting on dolphin's back; beneath, cockle-shell
around, border of dots
.
VjL. Wheel of four spokes, in a round incuse, without border. —
Didrachm. (Webster).
Cf. B. M. Cat., Italy, p. 165, n° 35.
Car., Num. Itdl. Vet., PL cv, 37.
Cf. Babelon, I, 2028.
Traces of inscr. ^AflAT. Taras on dolphin to 1., extending r. arm
and resting 1. on dolphin's back ; beneath, cockle-shell : plain
border.
1$L. Wheel of four spokes ; dolphin in one of the angles. — Didrachm.
Cf. Babelon, Traite, I, n° 2029.
Cf. Car., PI. cv, 38, but Taras, r.
Cf. Evans, PL 1, 3.
(Gabrielli, Naples, 1887.)
Same dies as Vlasto (cf. L. Correra in " Neapolis " 191 3, PL v. 9).
Naples Cabinet (Fiorelli, n° 1792) & Gotha.
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