Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 14. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Punic occupation. Circa 212-209 BC. AR Half Shekel (3.45 g, 12h). Punic standard. Sokannas, magistrate. Nude warrior on horseback right, holding filleted palm frond in right hand, rein in left;
SWKAN-NA below /
TA-RA[S], Phalanthos on dolphin left, holding kantharos in extended right hand, trident in left; behind, eagle standing left. Vlasto 984-6; HN Italy 1082; SNG ANS 1271-4; SNG France -; SNG Lloyd -; SNG Ashmolean 420-1; Jameson 231. EF, dark toning.
From the W.B. and R.E. Montgomery Collection.