CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos (22.5mm, 6.41 g, 3h). Reduced standard. Warrior on horseback right, holding shield and two spears, preparing to cast a third; ΓΥ to upper left, API/ΣTI/Π in three lines below / Phalanthos, nude, holding bow and arrow, riding dolphin right; below, elephant standing right. Vlasto 712; HN Italy 999. Toned, minor lamination on obverse. VF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Shanna Schmidt, 16 March 2020. Ex Berk BBS 179 (24 May 2012), lot 86; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 1 (22 April 1983), lot 36.
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