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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 7941003, member: 44316&quot;]The boy-riding-dolphin type of Taras (= Tarentum, on the inside of the heel of Italy&#039;s boot) is very well known and comes with many varieties. This variety has a connection to Pyrrhus. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sg370ataras2013-jpg.1076438/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>20-19 mm. 6.52 grams, of &quot;Tarentine standard&quot;.</p><p>Struck 280-272 BC.</p><p>Horseman right, spearing downwards, shield and two extra spears</p><p>Dolphin rider right with bow and arrow, elephant below, TAPAΣ almost off the flan at 10:00-11:00.</p><p>Hoover Handbook I (Magna Graecia) 881, Sear Greek -- but close to 370, HN 999, Côte 363-5. SNG Cop 873.</p><p>This reverse has a connection to history. Pyrrhus, King of Epirus was invited to lead the Tarentines in their war against Rome, which we now know as the Pyrrhic War, 280-275 BC. He was the first to use war elephants in Italy, hence the elephant on the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>Many boy-riding-dolphin coins weigh distinctly more, c. 7.8 grams, but this one is on the reduced standard of coins minted during the war.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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