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Ex Tronnier and Vlasto Collections

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 97. Estimate $500. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009. 
Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 315-302 BC. AR Nomos (7.93 g, 3h). Warrior, holding shield and two spears, preparing to cast a third, on horseback right; API below / Phalanthos, holding kantharos and oar, on dolphin left; [K]Λ above kantharos. Fischer-Bossert group 74a, 908a (V355/R706) = Vlasto 643 (this coin); HN Italy 939; SNG ANS 1020 (same dies); SNG Lockett 192 = Pozzi 124 (same dies). Good VF, toned, light graffito (A or Δ) on reverse.


Ex Hagen Tronnier Collection (Künker 94, 27 September 2004), lot 95; Münzen und Medaillen 52 (19 June 1975), lot 21; M.P. Vlasto Collection, 643; Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (7 November 1899), lot 132c.