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    CALABRIA, Tarentum

    325-280 BCE

    AR litra, 11 mm, 0.56 gm

    Obv:  cockle shell

    Rev:  dolphin right, trident below (I think it might be a bunch of grapes)

    Ref:  Vlasto 1530 (if grapes rather than trident, Vlasto 1527)

    from Heritage Auctions 13 Nov. 2014

    freed from its slab, NGC Choice VF 5/5-3/5; cert# 3601372-003