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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8343006, member: 57495&quot;]Congrats, [USER=81093]@AussieCollector[/USER]!&nbsp; I think any collection of Greek coins benefits from at least one of these wonderful dolphin-riders. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Two of my favorites...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479601[/ATTACH]<b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Stater. 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><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479603[/ATTACH]<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>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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