Description
Circa 450-440 BC. AR stater, 8.06 gr., 21.6 mm.
Obv.: TA[RAS]; Taras riding a dolphin to the left, both hands extended; below: pecten.
Rev.: Phalanthos seated to the left on diphros, holding a spindle upright in right hand and long staff in his left.
Ref.: Vlasto 194 (this coin); Fischer-Bossert 182b (V75/R130); SNG ANS -; SNG Fitzwilliam 234 (same dies). Ex Spink (London 2005), #50905.
Old cabinet toning. Flan defect and minor marks on reverse. Choice Very Fine.
A Vlasto plate coin. From the Michel Pandely Vlasto (†1936) collection.
