344, Lot: 2. Estimate $150. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 6.58 g, 4h). Nude youth on horseback right, crowning horse with wreath; [ΦI]ΛOKPA to upper left, NK monogram below / Phalanthos, [holding Nike, who crowns him with wreath], riding dolphin left; A-PIΣTO below. Vlasto 867; HN Italy 998. Good VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die, reverse a little off center.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.