CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 510-500 BC. AR Nomos (25mm, 8.02 g, 12h). TARAS (retrograde), Phalanthos, naked, with arm outstretched, seated on dolphin right; pecten below / TARAS (retrograde and in relief), incuse of obverse type. Fischer-Bossert 16 (V7/R12); Vlasto 68 (same dies); Gorini 3 (same dies); HN Italy 826; Franke & Hirmer 294 (same dies). Near EF, two minor edge splits. Very rare. Exceptional metal quality, wonderful archaic style.
Much better condition than the A. Moretti specimen, the last comparable example of this type to appear at auction (NAC 13, 8 October 1998, lot 72).
