stater/nomos of Tarentum, 510-500 BC ca.

Obv. male figure in "knee run scheme" (Vlasto: Apollo Hyakinthios), holding hyacinth and four-string lyra, TARAS retrograde
Rev. male figure in "knee run scheme" incuse


Vlasto 71        6.93 g           Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 13 8th October 1998 no. 71
Fischer-Bossert 2a (this coin)    Ex Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig no. 71
V1/R1                             St Petersburg Inv 1316



Fischer-Bossert

 17- 39          Gruppe 2 500-490 BC   legend bottom / legend top 
 40- 69          Gruppe 3 490-480 BC   legend top    / legend left
102-103          Gruppe 5 470-465 BC   legend hehind / no legend
106-111, 115-117 Gruppe 7 465-455 BC   legend behind / no legend


See die-coupling didrachms (Fischer-Bossert 1-69)