★ Ex Münzen & Medaillen, 1992 ★

Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. Circa 344-340 BC. A-, magistrate(?). Warrior, nude but for helmet, standing facing behind bridled horse to left, holding spear and shield with right hand and resting left on horse's back; |- before / Taras astride dolphin to left, holding trident in extended right hand, and shield in left; TAPAΣ behind, A over waves below. Fischer-Bossert 684n (V259/R531, this coin); Vlasto 518; HN Italy 889. 7.92g, 22mm, 6h.

Good Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. A beautiful composition, and the finest example of the type to be offered in the past 20 years.

This coin published in W. Fischer-Bossert, Chronologie Der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent 510-280 v.Chr. (Berlin, 1999);
Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 307, 7 June 2007, lot 1015;
Ex Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel, List 552, March 1992, no. 1.