CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos (6.17 gm). Time of Pyrrhos. Nude warrior on horseback right;
GU behind,
ARI-[STI-P] below / Taras on dolphin right, holding arrow and bow;
ÐI and elephant below. Vlasto 711 (same dies); SNG ANS 1081; HN Italy 999. Toned, nice VF, slight die-weakness. $450.
Rutter (HN Italy) notes that the elephant on this coinage symbolizes the fact that Pyrrhos was the first to use elephants in battle in Italy.
