GREEK COINAGE
Calabria, Tarentum
Nomos circa 272-240 BC, AR 6.42 g. Nude youth r., crowning horse; below, mask. Rev. Dolphin rider l., holding kantharos in r. hand. Vlasto 859 (these dies). Historia Numorum Italy 1031.
Lovely iridescent tone, weakly struck on reverse and slightly
off-centre, otherwise about extremely fine
Ex CNG 47, 1998, 59 and CNG 76, 2007, 59 sales. From the Berdach collection.