CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 240-228 B.C. AR didrachm or nomos. 6.39 gm. 20 mm. Reduced standard. Xenokrates, magistrate. Armored cavalryman (dioskouros) riding horse moving left, raising his right hand in salute and turning bearded and laureate head to face the viewer; monogram and pileus to upper right, ΞΕ-ΝΟΚΡΑ Τ-ΗΣ in two lines below / Phalanthos, nude, riding dolphin to left, his body turned slightly back to right, holding a trident over his right shoulder in his right hand and holding his drapery in his upraised left; ΤΑΡΑΣ to left, ΣΩ monogram to right; waves and cuttlefish below. HN Italy 1058. SNG ANS 1258. Vlasto 957 (same obverse die). Lustrous Extremely Fine; well centered and well struck.
This is one of the most amazing dies in the series