Lot 1782

Description

Italy, Calabria, Taras, (272-235 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (6.15 grams), obv. naked horseman on prancing horse to right holding lance downwards, shield behind, below **ARI [STO KHLS] in two lines, above to left **DI, rev. Taras astride a dolphin to left, holding a [kantharos] and trident, to right a head of nymph to left, **TAPAS below, (S.375, Vl.880, cf.SNG ANS 1197-1201). Good very fine.