Taras Historia Numorum Italy 840, Silver, struck at Taras, 470–450 BC. Obverse: cockle-shell coque. Reverse: head of a nymph. Weight about 0.7 g, diameter 9.7 mm.
| mint | Taras | weight | 0.65g (12) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀9.7 (12) |
| denomination | — | axis | 5↕ (12) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
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Cockle-shell Coque
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Cite this coin
Taras Historia Numorum Italy 840 (taras.hn_italy.840), 470–450 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/taras-historia-numorum-italy-840/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA