Exceptional Classical Art

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 14. Estimate $25000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $22000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 425-415 BC. AR Nomos (8.38 g, 7h). Phalanthos, right arm outstretched and holding shield on left arm, riding dolphin left; cockle shell below / Nude male figure, holding bird in his extended left hand and spindle in his right, seated right on himation draped over a stool. Fischer-Bossert 270a (V125/R203 – this coin); Vlasto 235-6; HN Italy 844; SNG Lloyd 140; BMC 78; SNG Newcastle 19; Boston MFA 59; de Luynes 286; Gulbenkian 24; McClean 558 (all from the same dies). EF, attractive cabinet toning, graffito (KΔA) under tone in field on reverse. Rare. Exceptional high Classical style.

Ex Roland Maly Collection (LHS 100, 23 April 2007); L. Biaggi Collection (Leu 20, 25 April 1978), lot 6 (but illustrated as lot 7, and with incorrect weight); Henri de Nanteuil Collection.