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Greek coins -Tarentum Phalantos on a dolpin 280 BC (AP2367)
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- Model: Tarantum man on dolphin HN Italy 1014
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AR Nomos. Ca. 280 BC. Nude warrior on horse right, ΞΩ to upper left, ΞΑΛΟ and Ionian capital
below. Rev. Phalanthos holding grapes astride dolphin left, ΤAPAΣ below, ANΘ behind. Vlasto 803;
SNG ANS 1142; HN Italy 1014. 6.36 g. Struck from a worn reverse die. Very fine + / Fine.
In Greek mythology, Phalanthos (Ancient Greek: Φάλανθος) is a divine hero, the leader of the Spartan Partheniae and the founder of Taranto. He is said to have been condemned to death by the ephors.