C240-228 BC Calabria Taras Silver Nomos #2 Of Type

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numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11880 Posts	Posted 06/28/2022 4:46 pm This one of several coins that I acquired today. Again the ubiquitous man riding dolphin type. The second and finer of two acquired today. Thoughts? Thanks! Calabria, Taras. Nomos (6.57 g), ca. 240-228 BC. So., Zopyrion and Et., magistrates. Nude youth riding horse galloping right; below, magistrate's name ZΩΠYPIΩN and ΣΩ above boukranion. Reverse: TAPAΣ, Oikist riding dolphin left, holding hippocamp and trident; to upper right, mask of silenos above ET. HN Italy 1054. Vlasto 941. Rare variety. Untoned Superb. Nearly Mint State. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com Edited by numismatic student 06/28/2022 5:02 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 06/28/2022 4:52 pm Outstanding. I agree with the description: "Superb. Nearly Mint State." Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 06/29/2022 5:38 pm An awful lot going on with that reverse. Such complex iconography must've meant a good deal more to the people of the time than we can appreciate today. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
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