CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 315 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.96 g, 10h). Nude youth, holding rein and crowning horse he rides right; ΣA below / Phalanthos, nude, holding filleted palm frond, riding dolphin left; helmet to right, ΣYM below. Fischer-Bossert Group 67, 808b (V319/R627 – this coin); Vlasto 651–2 (same obv. die); HN Italy 941; SNG ANS 1024 (same dies); SNG Lockett 194 (same dies); BMC 113 (same dies). Lovely iridescent tone, light marks, slight die wear on obverse, small test cut on reverse. Near EF.
From the Weise Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 164 (17 March 2008), lot 19; Giessener Münzhandlung 71 (3 May 1995), lot 31.