From the Vlasto and Strozzi Collections

Triton XVII, Lot: 5. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 333-331/0 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.81 g, 12h). Nude horseman, wearing shield on left arm and holding two spears in left hand, riding right, preparing to thrust third spear held in right hand; |- behind, Λ before, KAΛ/Δ below / Phalanthos, tousling with right hand the crest of a helmet held in his left, riding dolphin right; stars flanking, TAPAΣ to left, KAΛ below. Fischer-Bossert Group 59, 761g (V302/R596) = Vlasto 548 (this coin; incorrectly labelled 545 on plate); HN Italy 896; SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd –; SNG München 640 (same dies). EF, old collection toning, area of flat strike.

Ex M.P. Vlasto Collection, 548; Carlo Strozzi Collection (Sangiorgi, 15 April 1907), lot 871 (purchased by Spink for 10 Lira).