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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2114142, member: 56859&quot;]Given its place of origin, I&#039;d call it a litra or hemilitra.&nbsp; Better yet, just say AR 9mm <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For what it&#039;s worth, I have a similar coin and NGC called it a litra.&nbsp; Also according to NGC, my coin weighs 0.56 gm.&nbsp; I don&#039;t trust the accuracy of my digital scale at the low end and have not reweighed it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]399819[/ATTACH]<b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p><b>325-280 BCE</b></p><p>AR litra, 11 mm, 0.56 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; cockle shell</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; dolphin right, trident* below (I think it might be a bunch of grapes)</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Vlasto 1530 (if grapes rather than trident, Vlasto 1527)</p><p><i>from Heritage Auctions 13 Nov. 2014</i></p><p><i>Formerly slabbed, NGC Choice VF 5/5-3/5; cert# 3601372-003</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>*</i>The auction description said &quot;trident below&quot; but I think it is grapes and therefore Vlasto 1527.&nbsp; It will remain a guess though because of condition.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I did an <a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=calabria%2C+litra&amp;category=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=0&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=calabria%2C+litra&amp;category=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=0&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">acsearch of &quot;Calabria, litra&quot;</a> and found many more, including left-facing dolphins.&nbsp; The designation of litra vs. hemilitra within that general weight range was inconsistent but most were labeled &quot;litra&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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