Greek Coinages, Tarentum: Quarter-Stater [Triobol], struck under the Pyrrhic Hegemony, c. 280

Obverse: laureate head of Apollo right, monogram [nk] behind,

Reverse: ταραντιν[ων]: eagle standing left on thunderbolt; monogram [ar] to inner left

Metal: gold; Attic weight standard; 2.15g/11h

References: Fischer-Bossert G59 [V50/R59]; Rutter 986; Ashmolean 296 var. [eagle’s position]

Condition: Small flaw on obverse, otherwise almost extremely fine, lustrous £1,500-£1,800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Phillips Family Collection of Ancient Greek Coins.

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Collection

W.H. Woodward Collection [but not in the Robinson catalogue]
SNC December 1942 (17104) [incorrectly described as ex Hirsch XXXI]
Bt Spink, August 1943