★ Ex Cahn, Gillet, Vlasto, and Seltman Collections ★

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 400-390 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.77 g, 7h). Nude youth, holding goad in right hand and reins in left, riding horse galloping right / Phalanthos, nude, holding akrostolion in extended right hand and supporting himself with his left, riding dolphin left; TAPAΣ below. Fischer-Bossert Group 26, 351d (V162/R274) = Gillet 75 = Vlasto 333 ( this coin ); HN Italy 850; SNG ANS 881 (same dies); BMC 118 (same dies). Attractive deep toning, some porosity, slightly off center on reverse. Good VF.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 211 (4 March 2013), lot 24; Herbert A. Cahn Collection (Numismatica Genevensis SA VII, 27 November 2012), lot 99 (part of); Charles Gillet Collection; Michel Pandely Vlasto Collection; Charles Seltman Collection.