Watch List notes:

CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 450-440 BC. Nomos (Silver, 22 mm, 7.90 g, 1 h). ΤΑRΑΣ (retrograde) Phalanthos, nude and with both of his arms stretched out to right, riding a dolphin swimming to right; below, scallop shell downwards; border of dots . Rev. ΤΑRΑΣ Young man (Oikist - Taras), with hair cut short in the manner of an athlete, draped from the waist, seated to left on a diphros, and holding an upright spindle in his right hand and a long staff (a baktéria in ancient Greek) in his left. Fischer-Bossert 173 (V84/R122). HN III 844. Kraay - Hirmer 300 = Vlasto 186 (same dies). Rare. A very pleasing, well-centered and lightly toned coin. Struck from slightly worn dies, otherwise, about extremely fine.
Acquired privately in the USA in 1996.