Silver nomos, 21 mm, 6.30 gm.
Obv. Youth on horseback right, crowning self; ZΩ to left, ZAΛO and Ionic capital below.
Rev. Phalanthos riding dolphin left, holding aphlaston and distaff; AN to right.
Tarentum (Taras) was founded in 706 BC by Dorian immigrants from Sparta. It became a commercial power and a sovereign city of Magna Graecia, ruling over the Greek colonies in southern Italy. The coinage features images of Taras (Phalanthos), the mythical founder of the city being saved from a shipwreck by a dolphin.
$1,250
