Nomos - Xenokrates

Features

Issuer Tarentum (Calabria)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 240 BC - 228 BC
Value Nomos (3)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 6.54 g
Diameter 20.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
183498
References HN Italy# 1058,
N. Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum : Italy. British Museum Press, London, United Kingdom.
SNG ANS 1# 1258-1259,
Joan E. Fischer; 1969. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum / Part 1. Etruria-Calabria : The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. American Numismatic Society, New York, United States.
SNG France# 2058,
Edoardo Levante; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 2. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Cilicie. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France.
And 6 more volumes.
HGC 1# 904
Oliver D. Hoover; 2018. The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series / Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Armored cavalryman, riding horse moving to left, raising his right hand in salute and turning his bearded and laureate head to face the viewer. In upper field to right, monogram and pileus

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΞΕ ΝΟΚΡ
ΑΤ ΗΣ
ΤΚΡ

Reverse

Phalanthos, nude, riding dolphin to left, his body turned slightly back to right, holding a trident over his right shoulder in his right hand and holding his drapery in his upraised left. To right, monogram of ΣΩ and below, waves and cuttlefish

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΤΑΡΑΣ
ΣΩ

Mint

Taras, Calabria, modern-day Taranto, Italy

Comments

Vlasto 955-958.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (240 BC - 228 BC)  Photo $ 620

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Nomos - Xenokrates
Roma Numismatics
Auction XXX
Lot 46
Internet Archive
21 Mar 2024 XF USD 606.05
(GBP 480.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Nomos - Xenokrates
Nomos AG
Auction 30
Lot 1235
Internet Archive
6 Nov 2023 XF USD 1441.06
(CHF 1300.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Nomos - Xenokrates
Nomos AG
Auction 21
Lot 29
Internet Archive
21 Nov 2020 XF USD 697.47
(CHF 629.20)
(incl. buyer's premium)
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