CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 22 mm, 6.61 g, 10 h), Ar.. and Damylos, magistrates. Nude youth riding horse walking to right, raising his right hand to crown the horse's head; above, monogram of AP; below horse, ΔAMYΛOΣ. Rev. TAPAΣ Youthful oikist, nude, riding dolphin to left, holding cornucopiae in his right hand and trident and shield decorated with a hippocamp in his left. HN Italy 1008. Vlasto 750-2. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die, otherwise, very fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.