Calabria, Tarentum AR Stater. Circa 490-480 BC. Taras, nude, riding dolphin to right, holding octopus in his right hand and phiale in his extended left; guilloche border / Hippocamp swimming to right; below, scallop shell; border of rays. Fischer-Bossert 55; Vlasto 116; SNG ANS 834; Dewing 124; H. Cahn, Early Tarentine Chronology," in Essays Robinson, PG. 61, 3rd Issue. 7.84g, 17mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare 'Taras holding octopus' issue.
From a private Swiss collection."