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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scarborough, post: 3644957, member: 93146&quot;]I write to ask for help in attributing the following Tarentine nomos, please.</p><p><br /></p><p>Specifically I’d really appreciate your thoughts in response to two questions</p><p><br /></p><p>a)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Does my coin come from the same dies as Vlasto 760?</p><p><br /></p><p>b)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Is my coin type catalogued in Fischer-Bossert’s Chronologie?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a photo of my coin</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]978660[/ATTACH]</p><p>Obv: naked boy seated on horse prancing r, which he crowns, above Nike flying r, above horse ΣI,&nbsp; below ΛY</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: TAPAΣ below Taras seated left on dolphin, holding trident in left hand and cup in right.&nbsp; ΛY(?) in right field</p><p><br /></p><p>21mm, 6.55g</p><p><br /></p><p>Evans catalogued what I think to be this type as Period 7 Type A number 6 (281 – 272 BC)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]978665[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ratto shows a similar type in Vlasto’s collection as number 760 (280 – 272 BC), but his catalogue seems to be missing Evans’s reference:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]978662[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A dealer has suggested that my coin has the same dies as the Vlasto example, but I don’t think so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please let me know your thoughts.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m stumped when I try to find this piece in Fischer-Bossert’s Chronologie.&nbsp; I see similar obverses in Group 62 (330 – 325 BC), but</p><p><br /></p><p>a)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; F-B only has ΣIM as the magistrate, no listing for ΛY</p><p><br /></p><p>b)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; F-B has a different reverse listed for the reverse</p><p><br /></p><p>… and I cannot find these magistrates in C-B’s Chronologie. I would have thought that since the type was listed by both Evans and in Vlasto’s collection it would have been known and catalogued by F-B</p><p><br /></p><p>So can someone help me find this coin type in F-B’s Chronologie?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you very much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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