Triton XVI, Lot: 177. Estimate $750. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.91 g, 6h). Nude youth on horseback right, crowning horse with wreath in his extended right hand; ΣA to left, APE/ΘΩN in two lines below / Phalanthos, holding tripod in right hand, riding dolphin left; TAPAΣ to right, CAΣ below. Vlasto 666; HN Italy 957; SNG ANS 1046–50; SNG Lloyd –; Dewing 168; Gulbenkian 39 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, some porosity, struck from worn obverse die.
From the Chiltern Collection.