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Nomos
| Issuer | Tarentum (Calabria) |
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| Year | 380 BC - 370 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | Δ AΠOΛ ΛΩNIOΣ |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Tarentum's nomoi of this period reflect the city at the height of its political confidence — a Spartan colony that had survived the catastrophic defeat at the Iapygian hands in 473 BC and rebuilt itself into the dominant power of Magna Graecia. The city's cavalry aristocracy funded mercenary campaigns across southern Italy throughout the 370s, and the mint output was correspondingly heavy.
Vlasto 412 is among the better-documented die pairings in the early series, attributable to a phase when Tarentine engravers were absorbing direct influence from Syracusan coin cutters.