CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 272-240 BC. AR Nomos (18.5mm, 6.16 g, 9h). Reduced standard. Youth on horseback left, crowning horse and holding rein; ΣY to right, ΛYKI/NOΣ below / Phalanthos, preparing to throw trident left, riding dolphin left; to right, owl standing left, head facing. Vlasto 836–41; HN Italy 1025. Deeply toned, compact flan. Near VF. From the S & S Collection. Ex Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection (Part I, Malter XXIX, 22 March 1985), lot 18.
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