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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 7957367, member: 87809&quot;][USER=111037]@Only a Poor Old Man[/USER] that is a very attractive dolphin rider, love the mean-looking dolphin.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The chronology of the Taras coinage has been a topic of intensive study, and still is not entirely settled. It is only from the mid 4th century BC onwards that symbols begin to appear in the field, such as the Molossian eagle, an eagle seated with closed wings (Evans, Pl. VI. 1-4). </p><p><br /></p><p>My off-center AR Didrachm or Nomos:</p><p>Calabria, Tarentum, 334 - 302 BC</p><p>20 x 22 mm, 7.986 g</p><p><br /></p><p>HN Italy 933 (Type); SNG ANS 978; Vlasto 570-572 (no monogram behind warrior); Evans V A-5;</p><p><br /></p><p>Centration divot and signed ΦI (Philistion) on the obverse. Sometimes coins have &#039;center divots’ due to the archaic Greek method for flan production.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Naked warrior on horseback facing right, holding round shield and two lances in left hand and thrusting spear downward in right; signed ΦI below horse. ΔA behind and above horse. Divot mark</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev.: (TAPAΣ) Taras riding on a dolphin facing l., holding distaff in l. hand; eagle standing on right; curling crests of waves below</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1379522[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1379523[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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