Triton XX, Lot: 15. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 6.45 g, 11h). Youth on horseback right, crowning horse with wreath held in right hand, left hand holding reins; AP monogram behind, ΔAMYΛOΣ below / Phalanthos, holding cornucopia in extended right hand, trident and shield adorned with hippocamp in left, riding dolphin left; TA-PAΣ below. Vlasto 750–2; HN Italy 1008. EF, attractive even gray tone with golden hues around the devices. Well centered on a broad flan.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 558; Sotheby's (26 March 1987), lot 329.