CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 510-500 BC. AR Nomos (23.5mm, 6.38 g, 12h). Phalanthos riding dolphin right, extending left hand; scallop shell below, dot-and-cable border around / Incuse of obverse, but radiate border around. Fischer-Bossert Group 1, 7c (V6/R6) = Nanteuil 74 (this coin); Vlasto 64 = Dewing 122 (same obv. die); Vlasto 65 = Weber 511 (same obv. die); HN Italy 826. Toned, rough surfaces, some scratches. Fine. Rare issue from the first coinage at Tarentum.
From the Ken Bressett Collection. Ex Henri de Nanteuil Collection; Michel Pandely Vlasto Collection (not in his published collection).