City Coinage 'Taras on Dolphin' AR Nomos
Silver, 6.49 grams, 19.99 mm. Tarentum, Calabria. 272-240 BC. Obverse: EY above, LYKI/NOS in two lines below, naked youth on horseback left, placing wreath on horse's head. Reverse: TARAS below, Taras astride dolphin left, hurling trident held over his head in right hand, chlamys wrapped around left arm; owl to right. Vlasto 736; SNG ANS 1165; BMC 161; Sear -. Good very fine.