
Calabria, Tarentum. AR Didrachm or Nomos.
Lot 004 · Consigned by LBNYNumis
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Description
CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 272-240 BC. Didrachm or nomos (Silver, 20 mm, 6.27 g, 4 h), struck under the magistrate Kynon. [KY/NΩN] Nude youth on horseback riding to right, raising his right hand; above, monogram of AP; below, mask of Silenos facing. Rev. TAPAΣ Phalanthos seated astride dolphin to left, holding kantharos in his extended right hand and resting his left on the back of the dolphin. HN Italy 1031. SNG ANS 1189. Vlasto 859. Some scrapes, otherwise, about very fine.
From a collection in Zurich, acquired circa 1970-2010.