CALABRIA. Tarentum. Punic occupation, circa 212-209 BC. Half Shekel (Silver, 19 mm, 3.74 g, 2 h), Kritos, magistrate. KΡΙΤΟ-Σ Nude youth on horseback right, crowning horse with his right hand and holding filleted palm in his left. Rev. TAPAΣ Youthful oikist, nude, riding dolphin to left, holding Nike in his right hand and trident in his left; in field to left, monogram of EK; to right, monogram of ΞΩ. HN Italy 1080. SNG ANS 1269. SNG Paris 2067. Vlasto 978-80. Fresh, sharp and fully lustrous, a beautiful example with an exceptional obverse. Struck on a somewhat short flan, otherwise, virtually as struck.