357, Lot: 585. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ELECTROTYPE, CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. “AR Nomos” (22mm, 6.71 g, 3h). British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready or his sons. Youth on horseback left; to left, attendant standing right, crowning horse; ΓΥ to right, API/[ΣTI/Π] below / Phalanthos, holding bow and arrow, riding dolphin right; below, [ΔI] and elephant standing right. Head,
Guide, Period V.C., 15. For prototype, cf. Vlasto 732 and HN Italy 1000. As made, toned. Lot includes old B.A. Seaby Ltd. envelope.