CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (22.5mm, 7.89 g, 12h). Nude youth, shield on left arm, placing right hand on head of horse he rides left; ΣI to right, ΦIΛOKΛHΣ below / Phalanthos, nude, holding wreath in extended right hand, left hand resting on dolphin’s back, riding dolphin left; TAPAΣ to right, ΛY below. Vlasto 688–90; HN Italy 965; SNG ANS 1063; SNG BN 1877–81. Underlying luster, die break on obverse, a little die rust on reverse. EF. Well centered and struck on a broad flan.
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