Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 67. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009. Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos (6.18 g, 6h). Nude youth on horseback left; to left, nude male standing right, crowning horse; ΓY to right, API/ΣTI/Π in three lines below / Phalanthos, holding bow and arrow, on dolphin right; below, elephant right. Vlasto 736 (same dies); HN Italy 1000; SNG Lloyd 205 (same dies); SNG Lockett 214 (same dies). VF, lightly toned, some porosity, reverse a little off center.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Graeme Caughley Collection (Noble 45A, 13 July 1994), lot 4303; Glendining (8 October 1991), lot 1434.