348, Lot: 130. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 365-355 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.70 g, 4h). Youth on horseback right; Θ below / Phalanthos, pointing left, astride dolphin left; shell to right. Fischer-Bossert Group 39, 590 (V236’/R451); cf. Vlasto 469 (same rev. die, different obv. type); HN Italy 880. Near VF, toned, struck with worn dies, obverse off center. Rare variety with Θ on obverse and shell on reverse, only two examples noted by Fischer-Bossert.
From Group SGF.