CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (22.5mm, 7.85 g, 2h). Nude youth, shield on left arm, right hand on mane, preparing to dismount horse rearing left; EY to right, [NIK]ΩИ below / Phalanthos, nude, holding grain stalk in extended right hand, supporting himself with his left, riding dolphin left; API to left, TAPAΣ to right; below, spearhead right. Vlasto 701–2; HN Italy 969; SNG ANS 1078; Jameson 165 (same dies). Toned, underlying luster. Superb EF. Well struck, in high relief, on a broad flan.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 52 (7 October 2009), lot 19.