CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 490-480 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 7.94 g, 5h). Phalanthos riding dolphin right, holding cuttlefish, left hand extended / Hippocamp right; cockle shell below. Fischer-Bossert Group 3, 55j (V24/R43 – this coin); Vlasto 116 (same dies); HN Italy 827; Dewing 124 (same dies). Toned, some porosity. VF.
From the S & S Collection. Ex Frederick Hastings Rindge Collection (Part II, Malter XXX, 7 June 1985), lot 1112.