Extraordinary Symbol – A Great Rarity in Series

Triton XVI, Lot: 179. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 6.55 g, 4h). Nude youth on horseback left, crowning horse with wreath in his extended right hand; APIΣTOΞ[ENOΣ] to right; below, monogram and serpent entwined in bow, shooting arrow left / Phalanthos, holding cornucopia in extended right hand and cradling trident in left arm, riding dolphin left; HP monogram to left, TAPAΣ to right. Vlasto 818 corr. = E.J. Seltman, “Interessante Beizeichen auf Münzen von Tarent und Aenus” in ZfN XIX (1895), p. 283 (monogram on rev.; same dies); HN Italy –; SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd –; Dewing –; Jameson 210 (same dies). Good VF, lightly toned, area of flat strike. Extremely rare, Vlasto only noted three examples, his piece (originally from the E.J. Seltman Collection), one in the Jameson Collection (originally owned by Sir Arthur Evans), and one in the Museum of Bari.