ITALY. Calabria. Tarentum. AR Didrachm (Nomos) (6.40 gms), ca. 272-240 B.C. NGC Ch EF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5.
Vlasto-859; HN Italy-1031. Obverse: Youth riding and crowning horse right; monogram to left, facing mask of Silenos below, KY/NΩN in two lines below raised foreleg; Reverse: Phalanthos, holding kantharos, on dolphin left. Better quality than is generally encountered for this popular series, the present example offers a well centered strike on a flan of good, lustrous metal.
Estimate: $300.00- $500.00