Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 62. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009. Sold For $345. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (7.70 g, 6h). Nude youth on horseback right, crowning horse; ΣA behind, APE/ΘΩN in two lines below / Phalanthos, holding tripod, on dolphin left; CAΣ below. Vlasto 666 (same dies); HN Italy 957; SNG ANS 1046-7/1048 (same obv./rev. dies); SNG Ashmolean 297 (same dies); SNG München 655 (same dies). VF, toned, obverse slightly off center.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Graeme Caughley Collection (Noble 45A, 13 July 1994), lot 4302; Glendining (24 May 1978), lot 159.