Calabria. Tarentum. c. 425-415 BC. Nomos, 7.99g (2h). Obv: Phalantos naked and ithyphallic riding dolphin left; extending right hand and holding cuttlefish in left hand. Rx: Taras naked to waist, seated left on stool and balancing distaff on right hand, a lekythos on his left wrist. Vlasto 255. Fischer-Bossert 279 (V127/R212). Head of boy weakly struck, otherwise beautifully toned. EF
Ex NAC 10, 9 April 1997, lot 17. Ex M&M Basel 10, 1951, lot 161