CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 240-228 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 6.47 g, 4h). Reduced standard. Dioskouros, head facing, raising right hand and holding rein in left, on horse stepping left; monogram and pileos to right; ΞE-NOKPA/[T]-HΣ in two lines below / Phalanthos, nude, head and torso facing, holding trident over shoulder in right hand, and lifting drapery with left, riding dolphin left; [TA]PAΣ to left; to right, monogram above cuttlefish; waves below. Vlasto 959–61; HN Italy 1058; SNG ANS 1256–7; SNG BN 2058; SNG Lloyd 229; Dewing –. Deep old cabinet tone, slightly off center, some die wear on obverse. EF.
From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex William N. Rudman Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 1076.