CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 340-335 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.72 g, 2h). Nude youth, holding rein and crowning horse he rides right; Φ to right; below, nude youth removing stone from horse's hoof / Phalanthos, nude, shield on arm, holding kantharos and trident, riding dolphin left; E and waves below. Fischer-Bossert Group 50, 696e (V262/R543 – this coin); Vlasto 510 (same obv. die); HN Italy 818; BMC 183 (same dies); SNG München 637 (same dies); Jameson 141 (same dies); de Luynes 294 (same dies); Nanteuil 99 (same dies). Lightly toned, slight die wear on obverse. Near EF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Dr. G. W. Collection (Gorny & Mosch 269, 9 March 2020), lot 84; Monetarium 54 (Autumn 1990), no. 9.
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