Triton XVI, Lot: 180. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 240-228 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 6.56 g, 12h). Dioskouros, raising right hand and holding rein in left, on horseback left; monogram and pileos to right; ΞE-NOKPA/T-HΣ in two lines below / Phalanthos, holding trident in right hand and raising drapery aloft in left, riding dolphin left, head and torso facing; TAPAΣ to left, monogram to right, waves and cuttlefish below. Vlasto 955–7; HN Italy 1058; SNG ANS 1256–8; SNG Lloyd 229; Dewing –. Near EF, toned, some light deposits, slightly weak strike on obverse. Lovely style, with Phalanthos in dynamic motion.

Ex Gemini III (9 January 2007), lot 31.