The M.L. Collection of Coins of Magna Graecia and Sicily
Calabria, Tarentum
Nomos circa 500-490, AR 7.74 g. TARAS retrograde Phalantos seated on dolphin r., holding octopus in r. hand. Rev. TARAS retrograde Hippocampus l.; below, shell. Vlasto 115 (these dies). SNG Ashmolean 199 (these dies). Fischer-Bossert 28. Historia Numorum Italy 827.
Toned, surface somewhat porous, otherwise good very fine
Privately purchased from NAC in 1990.