Watch List notes:

CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 240-228 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 19.5 mm, 6.61 g, 3 h), Xenokrates, magistrate. Dioskouros, raising his right hand and holding rein in his left, riding horse walking to left; above to right, monogram and pileos; below, ΞE-NOKPA/T-HΣ. Rev. ΤΑΡΑΣ Youthful oikist, nude but for chlamys, riding dolphin to left, holding trident over his right shoulder and lifting drapery with his left; to right, monogram; below, waves and cuttlefish. HN Italy 1058. Vlasto 955. Struck from slightly worn dies and with light porosity on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.