Tarentum Nomos - Philokles, -240 – -228

Nomos from Tarentum. Issued from -240 to -228. Struck in Silver. Measures 16 mm and weighs 6.62 g.

Obverse

Nude jockey riding horse walking to right, holding the reins in his left hand and crowning the horse with a wreath held in his right; to left, monogram of ΑΡΝ. To right, monogram of ΛΕ and below, ΦΙΛΟ / ΚΛΗΣ over dolphin swimming to right

Reverse

Taras riding dolphin to left, holding a horse rhyton in his right hand and a trident (the two side prongs of the trident head are in the form of dolphins) in his left. To right, two highly elaborate amphoras (or loutrophoroi?) on elaborate stands and with lids