Watch List notes:

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 490-480 BC. Nomos (Silver, 20mm, 8.10 g 12). ΤΑΡΑϞ Hippocamp to right; below, scallop; border of rays. Rev. ΤΑΡΑϞ Phalanthos, nude, riding dolphin to right, his left arm outstretched with the palm of his hand upwards, and holding an octopus in his right; cable border. Fischer-Bossert 52 c (this coin). HN III 827. Vlasto 123. Lightly toned. Some surface marks and roughness, otherwise, good very fine.


From the Stoecklin Collection, acquired from J. Florange in Paris and from the collection of C. Côte, Ratto, Lugano, 28 January 1929, 25.