Calabria Tarentum vlasto reference

I got this dinky little thing, 9mm 0.52g and with the reference Vlasto 1517. Examples I have see at acsearch look slightly different, I see no control marks. Can anyone help me out with a reference. It is supposed to be an obol.

 

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Try Vlasto 1473, Vlasto 1579 or Vlasto 1595cf. From what I can see they are all possibilities; however, the reverse on your coin is worn and off center to a point where it is hard to tell.

 

Thanks Bing.

 

Wow Pish very cool, the clam looks Mother of pearl, i like clams very tasty..

 

Thank you. It is hard to see with the naked eye but the camera seems to show the beginnings of rainbow toning.

 

This is definitely a case where the coin looks better "in hand" (or for a 9mm coin perhaps we should say "on finger") than it does blown up to the size of a serving platter. I'm not saying large images don't have their merits, but now you should post a pic of the coin in your hand.

 

I believe I recently saw an example on auction at Forum...

 

Sweet lookin' scallop ... what is the other side, the good ol' tunny-fish?

 

I think it's a dolphin, right?

 

This example, sold on Forum, is a Vlasto 1542....a silver litra ....

 

Yep, it's described as a dolphin

 

As I recall, I lost the bid on that one as my budget went critical LOL

 

I'll do one later JA.

 

My dolphin is swimming left and I can't make out any control marks. I don't want to clean it.

 

It doesn't need cleaning, unless you're a cleaning freak I suppose.

 

I agree, it looks fine to me as it is...

 

Mikey Zee => awesome job tracking-down that seafood-coin!!




=> yup Pishpash, that's a very cool lookin' silver litra!! (yummy, congrats!!)

 

Sadly, I don't have one of those specific examples (*rats*)

... ummm, but I am a collector of cool seafood coins!! (can I toss them into your yummy thread?) ... I hope the answer is "yup" 'cause here they come, my sweet sister-coiner!!




... ummm, is it okay to include "dolphins" in the seafood category??!!

=> sorry, Charlie!!

 

Is it a litra rather an an obol? What is the difference?