CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (21.5mm, 7.83 g, 5h). Nude youth on horse stepping right, holding rein in right hand and crowning horse with wreath in left; ΣA to left, APE/ΘΩN in two lines below / Phalanthos, nude, holding tripod in extended right hand, left hand resting on dolphin’s back, riding dolphin left; TAPAΣ to right, CAΣ below. Vlasto 666–7; HN Italy 957; SNG ANS 1046–50; Dewing 168; Gulbenkian 39. Underlying luster, trace deposits, light hairlines. Near EF. Struck on a broad flan.
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