CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.82 g, 1h). Nude youth, holding rein in right hand, on horse galloping right; EY to left, NIKOΔAMOΣ below / Phalanthos, holding kantharos in extended right hand and cradling distaff in left arm, riding dolphin left; TAP-AΣ to left, ZOP and gazelle below. Vlasto 704 (same dies); cf. HN Italy 970/958; SNG ANS 1079 (same rev. die). Dark iridescent tone, some die wear, a few marks. Near EF. Well centered on a broad flan.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 69 (18 November 1984), lot 28.