Description:

Greek colony in Italy, Calabria, ca. 470 to 450 BCE. Silver AR Litra. Obverse has sea shell. Reverse has a head in thread circle. Ex Rinaldi Coll. Acq 14.8.1967. Size: 0.4" W (1 cm); 0.72 grams

Calabria, called Messapia or Iapygia by the Greeks, is a region of modern day Italy. The populous and wealthy city of Tarentum is the only town from the region to have a continuous series of coins from its earliest days as a trade city, then as a Greek colony, and then under capture by the Romans.

Provenance: private New York, USA collection; ex Rinaldi collection, acquired August 14, 1967

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