Calabria, Tarentum AR Didrachm. Contemporary imitation. Circa 302-280 BC. Dakimos, magistrate. Warrior on horseback to right, thrusting spear downward and holding two spears and shield; [Σ]I behind, ΔAKIMOΣ below / Taras riding dolphin to left, holding dolphin and cradling cornucopiae; ΔA below, TARAΣ behind. Fischer-Bossert N140; Vlasto 696 corr. (ΔA rather than ΩA); SNG ANS 1071 corr. (same); HN Italy 967; SNG BnF -; SNG Copenhagen -. 7.89g, 21mm, 6h.

Near Mint State; attractive old cabinet tone.

Ex Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed al-Thani Collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction II, 2 October 2011, lot 8.

The ANS catalogue repeats the mistake made by Vlasto (whose coin was unique at the time); the correct letters were noted by G. Procopio who examined two or three examples of this type (nos. 497-499) in his article on the Bernalda hoard in 1957.