Ex Wilkinson and Vlasto Collections
and 1919 Taranto Hoard

424, Lot: 7. Estimate $750. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 400-390 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.77 g, 11h). Nude youth on horseback left, dismounting, holding small round shield / Phalanthos, holding torch, riding dolphin left; retrograde Σ below. Fischer-Bossert Group 25, 335a (V152/R260) = Vlasto 303 (this coin); HN Italy 849. VF, deeply toned.

From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, December 1997. Ex Dr. J. S. Wilkinson Collection (Malter 49, 15 November 1992), lot 29; Michel Pandely Vlasto Collection, 303; 1919 Taranto Hoard (IGCH 1933).