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No.<br />

630<br />

PI. 27<br />

631<br />

PI. 27*<br />

632<br />

PI. 27<br />

633<br />

PI. 27<br />

Wt.<br />

100.5<br />

96-5<br />

6.25<br />

100.2<br />

6.49<br />

101 .2<br />

6-54<br />

Metal<br />

Size.<br />

^.20<br />

JR. 19<br />

JR. 24<br />

JR. 22<br />

CALABRIA<br />

DESCRIPTION<br />

RL. TAPAZ (below). Taras seated sideways on dolphin tol., hold-<br />

ing out a horned helmet ; on either side a twelve-rayed star ; in<br />

field to r. nOAY. — Didrachm.<br />

Same type.<br />

RL. Same type. — Didrachm.<br />

Evans, p. 158, C 3 (PI. vm, 6.)<br />

Car., PI. CXII, 174 .<br />

B. M. Cat., p. 179, n° 144.<br />

Varieties of dies from preceding coin.<br />

(Cahn, 1882.)<br />

(Gabrielli, Naples, 1887.)<br />

Similar type, but in field to 1. fl»; beneath horse AA[MYAOZ].<br />

RL. TAPA2 (below). Taras on dolphin to 1., holding in 1. hand<br />

trident and small round shield on which is a hippocamp, and<br />

extending in outstretched r. a cornucopiae. — Didrachm.<br />

Evans, p. 158, C 4.<br />

(E. Stevens, Naples, 1887.)<br />

<strong>The</strong> reading AAMOKPI is wrong — This magistrate is AAMYA02- Cf - Eg8er XLV sale, n°i02 (Vlasto) ; also on a fine specimen in the Copenhagen cabinet the<br />

name is quite clear.<br />

* By mistake not represented on Plate and replaced by n° 593 (cf. PI. 26).<br />

Naked boy-rider to 1., crowning his horse, which is lifting up r.<br />

foreleg; in field to r., hi ; beneath horse, innY, and small<br />

squatting figure holding cornucopiae in 1. and patera in r.<br />

RL. TAPA2 (below). Taras on dolphin to 1., holding distaff in 1.<br />

hand, and with right, receiving small wreath-bearing Nike ; in field<br />

to r. ^. — Didrachm.<br />

Evans, Horsemen &c, p. 159, 8 (PI. vm, 8.)<br />

Type D.<br />

(Arth. Sambon, Naples, 1889.)<br />

<strong>The</strong> Dioscuri, naked, with flowing mantles, cantering to 1.; above,<br />

T; beneath horse, IflAAMOZ (indistinct).<br />

RL* TAPAI (r.). Taras on dolphin to 1. , holding behind him two<br />

lances and small round shield adorned with hippocamp, and<br />

135

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