Calabria, Tarentum (c. 302-280 BC), Nomos; AR (8,10 g; 21,4 mm)

Calabria, Tarentum (c. 302-280 BC), Nomos; AR (8,10 g; 21,4 mm)
Nude youth riding horse walking to right, raising his right hand to crown the horse's head; to left, ΣΑ; below, [ΦΙΛΙ/APXOΣ]; Rv. TAPAΣ, youthful oikist, nude, riding dolphin to left, holding grape in his right hand and resting his left on the dolphin; below, ΑΓΑ. HN Italy 960; Vlasto 673. Traces of previous mechanical removal of oxides. Fields gently smoothed. Slightly tooled in some details of the figures, otherwise extremely fine.