CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 240-228 BC. AR Nomos (21.5mm, 6.51 g, 11h). Reduced standard. Youth, nude, holding race torch in extended right hand and rein in left, on horse galloping right; monogram to left, ΔAIMAXOC below / Phalanthos, holding kantharos in extended right hand and cradling trident in left arm, riding dolphin left; monogram to right, TAPAC below. Vlasto 938–9; HN Italy 1053; SNS ANS 1244 (same rev. die). Deep iridescent tone, trace deposits and a few minor marks, a little die wear. Good VF.
From the Menlo Park Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs, 1998.