Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1035. Estimate $2500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002. Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Nomos (8.00 gm). Taras astride dolphin left, right hand extended, left hand at side; P behind, octopus below / TA-RAS, nude horseman galloping left, holding whip in left hand, reins in right. Fischer-Bossert 193b (V94/R138) = Vlasto 273 (this coin); SNG ANS -. Toned, good VF, some light porosity on the reverse, overstruck but undertype not identifiable. Rare. ($2500)
From the William N. Rudman Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular (October 1992), no. 7207; Bank Leu Auktion 18 (5 May 1977), lot 23; Vlasto Collection, 273.