No.: 6
Estimate: $ 1500
d=22 mm
TARENTUM. Nomos, about 390-380. AR 7.88 g. Nude horseman l., holding reins with his r. hand, small round shield with his l. hand; between legs of horse,
A; whole in linear circle. Rev. TARAS Phalanthos, nude, sitting sideways on dolphin l.; on dolphin, H, below, R; whole in linear circle. E. Ravel, Catalogue of the Vlasto Collection of Tarentine Coins (1947), 47, 380 (this specimen). W. Fischer-Bossert, Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent 510-280 v. Chr., AMUGS XIV (1999), 150, 431c (this specimen). Rare. Good style. Nice old toning. Slightly off-centre on both sides.
Close to extremely fine
From the Hoard off the Ionian Coast (IGCH 1916); ex J. P. Lambros and M. P. Vlasto collections; and ex J. Hirsch, Munich 29 (1910), 25; Hess AG, Lucerne – Bank Leu & Co. AG, Zurich April 7, 1960, 31; and Bank Leu AG, Zurich 7 (1973), 19 sales.