Triton XIX, Lot: 2007. Estimate $20000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 276-272 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.58 g, 5h). Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath; NK monogram to left / Eagle standing left, wings spread, on thunderbolt; TAPANTINΩN up left field, AP monogram to inner left, [ΣΩ]ΣI to right. Fischer-Bossert G38 (V34/R38); Vlasto 36 = Gulbenkian 44; HN Italy 983; SNG Lloyd 200 = Bement 96; Boston MFA 82; Hermitage Sale II 38 (all from the same dies). Good VF, toned, minor doubling on reverse. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Leu 86 (5 May 2003), lot 215.