CLASSICAL COINS
CALABRIA
TARENTUM
Nomos, about 325-281 BC. AR 8.05 g. Nude horseman galloping r., holding round shield and two spears with his l. hand, a third spear in his raised r. hand; in l. field, X, below horse's belly ARI Rev. TARAS Phalanthos, nude, astride dolphin l., holding rudder in his l. hand, cantharus in his out­stretched r. hand, in field l., KL. Vlasto 75,638. Fischer-Bossert 287,914 (these dies). SNG ANS 1017.
Very rare in this quality. Excellent style. Beautiful patina. Extremely fine Provenance: Auction Leu Numismatics, Ltd., Zürich 91 (2004), 15.