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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2396705, member: 57495&quot;]This is one of those coins that has long been on the ol&#039; want list but that I&#039;ve never prioritized because they&#039;ve always seemed so plentiful.&nbsp; The thing about them, though, is that while the familiar dolphin rider is ever-present on them, the couple centuries during which they were struck saw a great number of different styles, minor symbols and type variations.&nbsp; They run the gamut from the common to the very rare, the stylistically pedestrian to the artistic and beautiful.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You can really take your pick with these and otherwise spend a long time collecting varieties.&nbsp; This one is my first, but probably will not be my last.&nbsp; I particularly liked the obverse type with the dismounting warrior and the winged hippocamp symbol on the reverse.&nbsp; Despite the imperfect flan and some crowding at the edges, nothing major is lost, and I think it has quite attractive light green, blue and pink tones to the metal highlighting the devices.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As always, post &#039;em if you got &#039;em!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]493090[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>Circa 280 BC</p><p>AR Nomos </p><p>7.74g, 22.5mm</p><p>Vlasto 700; HN Italy 968</p><p>O: Helmeted naked warrior with shield jumping off horse galloping left; EY behind, NIKΩTTAΣ below. </p><p>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>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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