CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 330-325 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.89 g, 4h). Nude youth on horse trotting right, holding rein in right hand and crowning horse with wreath in left; to left, small Nike flying right, crowning youth with open wreath held in both hands; ΣIM below / Phalanthos, nude, holding kantharos in extended right hand and cradling scepter in left arm, riding dolphin left; TAPAΣ to right, |-HP and waves below. Fischer-Bossert Group 62, 785 (V308/R609); Vlasto –; HN Italy 886; SNG Copenhagen 823 (same dies); SNG Lockett 174 (same obv. die). Wonderful deep toning with golden hues around the devices, minor die break on obverse. EF. Well struck.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.