Watch List notes:

CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 272-240 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 6.54 g, 8 h), Phi... and Aristeid..., magistrates. Nude youth riding horse walking to right, raising his right hand; above, Nike flying right to crown the youth; to right, Φ[Ι]; below, [ΑΡΙΣΤΕΙΔ]. Rev. ΤΑΡΑΣ Youthful oikist, nude, riding dolphin to left, holding grain ear in his right hand and trident in his left; to right, monogram of HPA. HN Italy 1042. Vlasto 911. A lovely example with a particularly attractive obverse. Good very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.