Triton XVIII, Lot: 313. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 340-335 BC. AR Nomos (23mm, 7.87 g, 1h). Nude youth on horseback right, holding rein in left hand, crowning horse with wreath held in right hand; to left, Nike flying right, placing fillet on head of youth; AP below / Phalanthos, nude, riding sideways on dolphin right, head turned slightly left, spearing cuttlefish below with trident held in right hand; KA monogram to left, TAPAΣ to right; all encircled by waves. Fischer-Bossert Group 54, 717 (V267/R561); Vlasto 501 (same dies); cf. HN Italy 886; SNG ANS –; SNG Copenhagen 822 (same obv. die). Good VF, lightly toned, a little off center. Struck from artistic dies on a broad flan. Very rare issue, only ten examples noted by Fischer-Bossert, four of which are in museums (Berlin [2], Copenhagen, London).

Ex Tkalec (28 February 2013), lot 14.