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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eparch, post: 3605625, member: 89211&quot;]I thought I would resurrect this thread as I have just acquired my first coin from Taras in a fine archaic style.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum. </b>Circa 500-490 BC. AR Nomos (8.02 g, 8h).</p><p><br /></p><p>SARAT&nbsp; Taras (or Phalanthos)&nbsp; riding dolphin right, holding octopus, left hand extended /SARAT&nbsp; Hippocamp left; cockle shell below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fischer-Bossert 31 (V13/R24); Vlasto 115; HN Italy 827. HGC 1&nbsp; 753v</p><p><br /></p><p>Question : The inscription on this coin (and a few others from Taras) is retrograde - any ideas why ?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]965346[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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