Ex Maly, Nanteuil, and Picard

Triton XVI, Lot: 175. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 400-390 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.89 g, 1h). Phalanthos, holding akrostolion in extended right hand, riding dolphin left; TAPAΣ below / Nude warrior, holding shield in right hand, dismounting horse galloping left; Λ below. Fischer-Bossert 338d and 338f corr. (V154/R262) = Nanteuil 85 (this coin); Vlasto 309 (same dies); HN Italy 849; SNG ANS 873 (same dies). Near EF, attractively toned. Well centered on good metal.

Ex Roland Maly Collection (LHS 100, 23 April 2007), lot 46; Hess-Leu 24 (16 April 1964), lot 19; Henri de Nanteuil Collection, no. 85; G. Picard Collection (Sambon, 14 March 1923), lot 61.

Fischer-Bossert’s 338 coins d and f are the same coin. His entry for 338d lists the Hess-Leu and Sambon sales, but incorrectly lists the Sambon lot as 60a. There is no lot 60a in that sale, and the coin certainly is lot 61, which F-B lists under his 338f. This confusion is perhaps caused by the Hess-Leu sale, which incorrectly lists the pedigree as Sambon lot 60. Furthermore, while the Hess-Leu sale correctly shows the die axis as 1h, the Nanteuil plate erroneously shows the coin as having a 10h die axis. These inconsistencies in the earlier collections suggests they are different coins, but a comparison of the plates proves that is not correct.