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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 240-228 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 6.57 g, 4h). Reduced standard. Warrior, holding Nike, who crowns him, on horse rearing right; monogram to upper left, KAΛΛIKPA/[THΣ] in two lines below / Phalanthos, nude, holding Nike, who crowns him, and cradling trident, riding dolphin left; ligate NE to right. Vlasto 963; HN Italy 1059. Lustrous. EF.
From the Thomas Palmer Collection. Ex Nomos Obolos 19 (8 May 2021), lot 30.
This remarkable nomos celebrates a military victory whose details are lost to us, struck at a time when the city was more or less subject to Rome. The cavalry rider on the obverse is depicted with exquisite detail, enabling us to determine he is likely a senior commander, or epihipparkos, abbreviated in the monogram in the upper left field. He is bearded and wears a short cuirass (linothorax, a modern term) with layered linen strips called pteryges at his waist. His ankle-high boots are equipped with spurs. The name Kallikrates appears below; whether this identifies the rider or is the name of a mint magistrate is unknown. Tarentum took great pride in its cavalry and honored its riders extensively on their coinage.
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