CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 240-228 BC. AR Nomos (18.5mm, 6.65 g, 9h). Reduced standard. Youth, wearing short chiton, holding rein in right hand, left hand on mane, on horse leaping right; below, ZΩΠYPIΩN and facing boukranion surmounted by ΣΩ / Phalanthos, nude, holding hippocamp in extended right hand and cradling trident in left arm, riding dolphin left; to right, head of Silenos left above monogram; T-APAΣ below. Vlasto 941 (same obv. die); HN Italy 1054; SNG ANS 1248 (same dies); SNG BN 2053; SNG Lloyd 225; Dewing –; Gillet 115. Toned. EF. Struck from a wonderfully executed die that captures the movement of horse and rider.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex William N. Rudman Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 1074; I. Vecchi II (12 September 1996), lot 115.