Calabria, Tarentum. 275-235 BC. AR Nomos (6.32g, 18.5mm). Lykonos and “SY” (sic) magistrates. SNG ANS 1165

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Calabria, Tarentum. 275-235 BC. AR Nomos (6.32g, 18.5mm). Lykonos and “SY” (sic) magistrates. Obv.: ΛΥΚΙ / ΝΟΣ, nude youth on horseback left, crowning horse that raises left foreleg, ΛΥKΙ-ΝΟΣ in two lines between horse’s legs; ΣY in upper right field. Rev.: TA-PAΣ, ethnic beneath Taras on dolphin left, hurling trident; in upper right field, owl. Vlasto 836; HN Italy 1025; SNG ANS 1165. Toned VF.