Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 29. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 290-281 BC. AR Nomos (7.70 g, 1h). Nude warrior on horseback right, holding two spears in left hand, shield on left arm, preparing to cast another spear in his right hand; [ΣA behind, |-HPA below] / Phalanthos riding dolphin left, holding Nike, who crowns him, in extended right hand, shield and two spears in left; ΦI below, [TAPAΣ behind]. Fischer-Bossert group 82, 1140 (V424/R882); Vlasto 599; HN Italy 936; SNG ANS 994; SNG France 1841 = de Luynes 303 (same dies). EF, reverse a little off center. Well struck and artistic obverse.