CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 315 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.86 g, 3h). Nude youth on horse galloping right, holding rein in right hand and extending left hand; ΣA below / Phalanthos, nude, extending right hand and cradling filleted palm frond in left arm, riding dolphin left; to right, crested Corinthian helmet left; ΣYM and [T]APAΣ below. Fischer-Bossert Group 67, 806 (V319/R625); Vlasto 652 (same dies); HN Italy 941; SNG Copenhagen 859 (same dies). Underlying luster, minor die wear and small edge bump on obverse. Near EF. Well centered on a broad flan, struck from dies of fine style.
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