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

No.
557
PI. 25
558
PI. 25
559
PI. 25
Wt.
122.6
7-94
121 .
7.8:
124
8.O3
8
Metal
Size.
^25
^20
A2I
CAL,At$KlA
DESCRIPTION
Silver issues subsequent to the middle of the Fifth century B. C.
(Italic-Tarentine Standard.)
Period I. Circ. B. C. 450-430.
Type C.
Naked youth riding horse walking to r.
fyL. TAP AMT- • H (retrog.). Taras on dolphin to r., extending 1.
arm, r. hand resting on dolphin's back ; beneath dolphin, cockle-
shell. — Didrachrn.
Evans, Horsemen & c. p. 35,
Carelli, PI. cix, 102.
I (PI. XI, 1).
(A. Sambon, 1889.)
The silver stater was known as Xo'(j.o; Itxaioitixo; at Tarentum and Herakleia,
cf. K. Regling in Klio, 1906, p. 504.
Period II. Circ. B. C. 420-380.
Type C.
Naked youthful horseman to I., his knee bent under him in the act
of alighting, holding bridle, and in his 1. a round shield; horse
cantering.
fyL. Taras, naked, astride on dolphin to 1. , holding acrostolium (?) in r.
hand, resting 1. on dolphin's back ; beneath dolphin i and TAPAI :
plain border. — Didrachrn.
(Hoffmann sale ;
Car., PL cix, 114.
Cf. Macdonald, Hunter, PI. v, n° 7.
ex Vicomte de Ponton d'Amecourt.)
B. M. Cat., Italy, n° 262.
G. F. Hill, Num. Chron., 1920, p. 102. British Museum.
Hirsch xxix sale, PI. 1, 27. (Vlasto coll.).
Type E.
Naked youth crowning stationary horse to r. ; beneath, A and in
front of horse, caduceus :
— 119 —
linear circle.