CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 240-228 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 6.45 g, 9h). Reduced standard. Dioskouros, head facing, raising hand and holding rein, on horse stepping left; monogram and pileos to right; [Ξ]E-NOKPA/[T]-HΣ in two lines below / Phalanthos, nude, head and torso facing, holding trident over shoulder and lifting drapery, riding dolphin left; to right, monogram above cuttlefish; waves below. Vlasto 960 (this coin); HN Italy 1058. Deeply toned, with some iridescence, compact flan, some flatness to strike on reverse. Good VF. Ex Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. inventory CC19547 (ND); Michel Pandely Vlasto Collection; A. Sambon (11 December 1899), lot 81.
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