Experts in Coins & Medals

IONIA. Uncertain mint. Circa 650-600 BC. Trite (Electrum, 12.5 mm, 4.68 g), Lydo-Milesian standard. Globular surface with an uncertain pattern of dots. Rev. Oblong incuse divided into two squares. BMFA 1749. Elektron 10 var. (hekte). Pozzi 2350. Rosen 253. SNG von Aulock 7761. Traité II, 1, 3. One of the earliest coins of the Western World. Striking cracks and minor marks, otherwise, basically about as made.

CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 272-240 BC. Nomos or Didrachm (Silver, 19 mm, 6.46 g, 3 h), Struck under the magistrate Agatharchos. ΑΓΑΘΑ/ΡΞΟΣ Nude youth on horseback riding to right, raising his right hand. Rev. TAPAΣ Taras seated astride dolphin to left, holding kantharos with his right hand, and cornucopia with his left; behind, torch. HN III, 1028. Vlasto 852-4. Old collection toning. Faint scratches, otherwise, about very fine.