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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4037211, member: 57495&quot;]Congrats on the win!&nbsp; I&#039;ve always liked the dismounting horserider type. I also particularly like the dolphin&#039;s expression on your coin... he&#039;s got abit of a snarl there!&nbsp; There were some really exceptional dolphin riders in that auction, and Matthew Curtis acquired quite a number of ex Vlasto Collection pieces, the most desirable pedigree for Tarentine staters, and also some of those recorded in the Fischer-Bossert die study (like yours). I would&#039;ve liked to have picked up at least one of them, but bidding was pretty strong, and I had committed my budget to a later lot.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some favorites of mine...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1060007[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Stater. 7.97g, 21.4mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 400-390 BC. Fischer-Bossert Group 26, 361a (V164/R283) = Vlasto 339 (<i>this coin, illustrated in both</i>); HN Italy 850. O: Naked ephebos on horse galloping right; small Λ below. R: Phalanthos, holding torch, riding dolphin left; TAPAΣ below.</p><p><i>Ex William N. Rudman Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 1043; CNG Auction 53 (15 March 2000), lot 31; Ex Vlasto Collection, 339 (Michel Pandely Vlasto, 1874-1936)</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1060009[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Stater. 7.75g, 22.3mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 332-281 BC. Fischer-Bossert Group 80, 1131 (V417/R873); Vlasto 587; HN Italy 934. O: Warrior, holding shield and two spears, preparing to cast a third, on horseback right; ΣA below. R: TAPAΣ, Phalanthos, holding distaff, riding dolphin left; pellet to left; below, prow left.</p><p><i>Ex Thomas Bentley Cederlind Collection; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1358</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1060013[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Nomos. 7.50g, 20.2mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 325-281 BC. Fischer-Bossert 870c (<i>this coin</i>); Vlasto 607; SNG Copenhagen 849; SNG France 1800 (same obverse die). O: Nude rider on horse galloping to right, stabbing with spear held in his right hand and holding two other spears and shield with his left; below, ΣΑ. R: TAPAΣ, Phalanthos riding dolphin to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and trident in his left; below, little dolphin leaping left; K in left field.</p><p><i>Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 29 (28 January 1992), lot 12</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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