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FISCHER-BOSSERT PLATE COIN - Calabria. Tarentum. - c. 450-440 BC. Nomos, 7.96g (9h). Obv: Youth on dolphin left, raising right hand; ... Leggi tutto
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FISCHER-BOSSERT PLATE COIN - Calabria. Tarentum. - c. 450-440 BC. Nomos, 7.96g (9h). Obv: Youth on dolphin left, raising right hand; octopus below, Π in right field. Rx: Naked man on horseback riding left, holding reins and whip. Fischer-Bossert 194a (this coin, illustrated on pl. 11). Vlasto 272 (same dies). Obverse a bit weakly struck. Nicely toned. VF
Ex NAC-CNG 40, 4 December 1996, lot 581. Ex Athos Moretti Collection 102. Ex Hesperia Art Bulletin 34 (1970s, but undated), lot 7
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The horseman type made its first appearance on the coins of Tarentum in the mid-fifth century BC. Before then there had been only one figural type on Tarentine coins, usually the mythical dolphin rider. At first, the horseman was confined to the reverse and just supplemented the dolphin rider on the obverse. At the end of the fifth century, however, the two types switched sides, the horseman taking over the obverse and the dolphin rider retreating to the reverse. Since the horseman was never equipped with any of the attributes of a mythical figure, it seems likely that the type merely reflected the city's pride in its cavalry and its devotion to equestrian contests
The horseman type made its first appearance on the coins of Tarentum in the mid-fifth century BC. Before then there had been only one figural type on Tarentine coins, usually the mythical dolphin rider. At first, the horseman was confined to the reverse and just supplemented the dolphin rider on the obverse. At the end of the fifth century, however, the two types switched sides, the horseman taking over the obverse and the dolphin rider retreating to the reverse. Since the horseman was never equipped with any of the attributes of a mythical figure, it seems likely that the type merely reflected the city's pride in its cavalry and its devotion to equestrian contests
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