CNG 108, Lot: 5. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Punic occupation. Circa 212-209 BC. AR Reduced Nomos – Half-Shekel (18mm, 3.87 g, 7h). Nude youth, crowning horse with wreath and holding rein, on horse walking right; ΣΩKΛN-NΛΣ below / Phalanthos, holding aphlaston and cradling trident in arm, riding dolphin left; to right, eagle standing left, wings spread. Vlasto 984; HN Italy 1082. Good VF, lightly toned, underlying luster.

From the D. C. Kopen Collection. Ex Pegasi VII (15 October 2002), lot 72.