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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3737666, member: 85693"]A spectacular coin, TIF - artistry, centering, condition. It has it all. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have two of these, which happened to fit my budget. One of them has a paperwork trail from a 1950s fraternity. Here is a boy and a warrior. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1002429[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Calabria, Tarentum </b></p><p><b>AR Nomos </b></p><p><b>Hippodanos Magistrate</b></p><p><b>(c. 280-272 B.C.)</b></p><p>Naked youth on horseback right, crowning self; ΣΩ to left, ZAΛO & Ionic capital below / Phalanthos riding dolphin left, holding distaff & aphlaston; TAΡAΣ below; </p><p>ANO to right. Vlasto 803–7.</p><p>(6.41 grams / 20 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1002428[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1002427[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Calabria, Tarentum</b> <b>AR Nomos </b></p><p><b>ΛYKΩN Magistrate</b></p><p><b>(c. 280-272 B.C.)</b></p><p>Helmeted, nude warrior on horse right, spearing, crowned by Nike flying left, ΣI behind, ΛYKΩN under horse / Taras astride dolphin left, holding kantharos and trident, GU in right field.</p><p>Vlasto 730; SNG ANS 1096.</p><p>(6.18 grams / 19 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance: </b>Presented as gift to (Army) Chaplain Luther W. Evans for naming Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity magazine <i>The Tidewater-Blue Ridge Teke </i>in 1958 (see letter from Harry Donnelly and Sept. 1958 article in <i>The Tidewater-Blue Ridge Teke</i>, page 3)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3737666, member: 85693"]A spectacular coin, TIF - artistry, centering, condition. It has it all. I have two of these, which happened to fit my budget. One of them has a paperwork trail from a 1950s fraternity. Here is a boy and a warrior. [ATTACH=full]1002429[/ATTACH] [B]Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos Hippodanos Magistrate (c. 280-272 B.C.)[/B] Naked youth on horseback right, crowning self; ΣΩ to left, ZAΛO & Ionic capital below / Phalanthos riding dolphin left, holding distaff & aphlaston; TAΡAΣ below; ANO to right. Vlasto 803–7. (6.41 grams / 20 mm) [ATTACH=full]1002428[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1002427[/ATTACH] [B]Calabria, Tarentum[/B] [B]AR Nomos ΛYKΩN Magistrate (c. 280-272 B.C.)[/B] Helmeted, nude warrior on horse right, spearing, crowned by Nike flying left, ΣI behind, ΛYKΩN under horse / Taras astride dolphin left, holding kantharos and trident, GU in right field. Vlasto 730; SNG ANS 1096. (6.18 grams / 19 mm) [B]Provenance: [/B]Presented as gift to (Army) Chaplain Luther W. Evans for naming Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity magazine [I]The Tidewater-Blue Ridge Teke [/I]in 1958 (see letter from Harry Donnelly and Sept. 1958 article in [I]The Tidewater-Blue Ridge Teke[/I], page 3)[/QUOTE]
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