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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3737694, member: 57495"]Fantastic example! Phalanthos looks buff, and I love the hair detail. Soooo hard to get both the tip of the dolphin's snout as well as the tail on these. The obverse is wonderful as well, the horse and dismounting rider look positively kinetic.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This pretty much sums up my predilection for the series.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this sums up how I approached the 'problem' <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1002431[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Didrachm. 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></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1002432[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Didrachm. 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; ex CNG Auction 53 (15 March 2000), lot 31; ex Michel Pandely Vlasto Collection, 339 </i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1002430[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Didrachm. 7.64g, 21.7mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 380-340 BC. Vlasto 445 (same obv die). O: Nude helmeted warrior on horseback to left, holding reins in right hand, and shield and spear in left; Δ below horse. R: Taras seated astride dolphin to left, holding trident over shoulder; K and waves below, TAPAΣ to right.</p><p>As noted in Vlasto: <i>"the obv. die must have struck the rev. die without blank and thus got damaged."</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1002433[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Didrachm. 7.74g, 22mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 280 BC. Vlasto 700; HN Italy 968. O: Helmeted naked warrior with shield jumping off horse galloping left; EY behind, NIKΩTTAΣ below. R: TAPAΣ, Phalanthus of Tarentum, holding trident and short spear, riding dolphin right; below, hippocamp right, ΣOP to left.</p><p><i>Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 81 (1997), lot 67</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1002436[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Didrachm. 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 Estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind; ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1358</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3737694, member: 57495"]Fantastic example! Phalanthos looks buff, and I love the hair detail. Soooo hard to get both the tip of the dolphin's snout as well as the tail on these. The obverse is wonderful as well, the horse and dismounting rider look positively kinetic. This pretty much sums up my predilection for the series. And this sums up how I approached the 'problem' :D... [ATTACH=full]1002431[/ATTACH] [B]CALABRIA, Tarentum[/B] AR Didrachm. 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. [I]Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 29 (28 January 1992), lot 12[/I] [B] [/B][ATTACH=full]1002432[/ATTACH] [B]CALABRIA, Tarentum[/B] AR Didrachm. 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. [I]Ex William N. Rudman Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 1043; ex CNG Auction 53 (15 March 2000), lot 31; ex Michel Pandely Vlasto Collection, 339 [/I] [ATTACH=full]1002430[/ATTACH] [B]CALABRIA, Tarentum[/B] AR Didrachm. 7.64g, 21.7mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 380-340 BC. Vlasto 445 (same obv die). O: Nude helmeted warrior on horseback to left, holding reins in right hand, and shield and spear in left; Δ below horse. R: Taras seated astride dolphin to left, holding trident over shoulder; K and waves below, TAPAΣ to right. As noted in Vlasto: [I]"the obv. die must have struck the rev. die without blank and thus got damaged." [/I] [ATTACH=full]1002433[/ATTACH] [B]CALABRIA, Tarentum[/B] AR Didrachm. 7.74g, 22mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 280 BC. Vlasto 700; HN Italy 968. O: Helmeted naked warrior with shield jumping off horse galloping left; EY behind, NIKΩTTAΣ below. R: TAPAΣ, Phalanthus of Tarentum, holding trident and short spear, riding dolphin right; below, hippocamp right, ΣOP to left. [I]Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 81 (1997), lot 67 [/I] [ATTACH=full]1002436[/ATTACH] [B]CALABRIA, Tarentum[/B] AR Didrachm. 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. [I]Ex Estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind; ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1358[/I][/QUOTE]
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