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CNG 84, Lot: 38. Estimate $200.
Sold for $255. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 300 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.09 g, 6h). Diademed head of nymph right; five dolphins around / Man-headed bull walking right; above, Nike flying right, placing wreath on bull's head; OYIΛ below. Sambon 458; HN Italy 576 var. (four dolphins); cf. SNG Ashmolean 101/103 (for obv./rev. dies). Fine, toned. Particularly well centered, showing all five dolphins. Very rare as such.


From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 1341 (part of).