CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 240-228 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 20 mm, 6.52 g, 4 h), Philokles, magistrate. Nude youth riding horse walking to right, raising his right hand to crown the horse's head; to upper left, monogram; before to right, retrograde monogram of ΛE; below, ΦΙΛO/KΛΗΣ above dolphin. Rev. TAPAΣ Youthful oikist, nude, riding dolphin to left, holding horse rhyton in his right hand and dolphin trident in his left; to right, two loutrophoroi. HN Italy 1057. Vlasto 950. Beautifully toned. Minor areas of weakness, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.