318, Lot: 2. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 455 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.68 g, 4h). Taras riding dolphin right, both arms outstretched; cockle shell below / Oecist seated left, holding distaff and kantharos. Fischer-Bossert Group 8, 125d (V65/R86) = Vlasto 172 (this coin); HN Italy 844. Near Fine, toned, struck with a worn obverse die.

Ex M.P. Vlasto Collection.