CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 470-450 BC. AR Half Nomos – Drachm (15.5mm, 3.58 g, 7h). Forepart of hippocamp right; cockle shell below / Head of female (Satyra?) right. Vlasto 158 (this coin); HN Italy 839. Toned, porous, a few light scratches under tone. Near VF.
From the Judy Day Frink Collection, purchased from Victor England. Ex Michael Pandely Vlasto Collection; Maddalena Collection (Sambon & Canessa, 7 May 1903), lot 248 (part of; not illustrated); Henry Booth Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 24 July 1900), lot 6 (part of; not illustrated).