CNG 109, Lot: 36. Estimate $7500. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Nomos (29mm, 7.57 g, 12h). Apollo advancing right, holding branch aloft in right hand; small daimon running right on Apollo's extended left arm; KAVΛ to left; to right, stag standing right, head reverted / Incuse of obverse, but no daimon. Noe,
Caulonia Group A, 15 (same rev. die); Gorini 3; HN Italy 2035; Boston MFA 169 = Warren 135 (same rev. die); GPCG pl. 6, 13 (same rev. die); Jameson 408 (same rev. die). Good VF, toned, old cleaning marks under tone. Rare without daimon on reverse.
From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Daniel Koppersmith Collection (Triton XVII, 7 January 2014), lot 25; Classical Numismatic Group 87 (18 May 2011), lot 190.