Exceptional Dioskouros
Greek Italy. Southern Apulia, Tarentum. AR Nomos, c. 240-228 BC. Xenokrates magistrate. Obv. Dioskouros, head facing, bearded with long flowing hair, raising right hand and holding rein in left, on horse stepping left; monogram and pileos to right; ΞE-NOKPA/[T]-HΣ in two lines below. Rev. Phalanthos, nude, head and torso facing, holding trident over shoulder in right hand, and lifting drapery with left, riding dolphin left; [T]APAΣ to left; monogram to right, waves and cuttlefish below. HN Italy 1058; Vlasto 958. 6.35 g. 20.00 mm. Struck from dies of high artistic merit. Lustrous and lightly toned. EF.