Ex Vlasto Collection

Triton XIX, Lot: 4. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 385-380 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.86 g, 6h). Nude youth on horse standing right, raising right hand to crown horse / Phalanthos riding dolphin left, both hands resting on the dolphin’s back; TAPAΣ below. Fischer-Bossert Group 31a, 446a (V194/R340) = Vlasto 350 (this coin); HN Italy 880; SNG ANS 890; BMC 101; Jameson 114 (all from the same dies). Good VF, old collection tone, slight die wear, slight die shift on reverse.

From the Camerata Romeu Collection. Ex Michel Pandely Vlasto Collection, 350; 1908 Ionian Shore Hoard (IGCH 1916).