Triton XXII, Lot: 4. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 275-250 BC. AR Nomos (22.5mm, 7.36 g, 12h). Head of nymph left, hair restrained in band, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; behind neck, Phrygian helmet left / Man-headed bull standing right, head facing; above, Nike flying right, crowing bull with open laurel wreath held in both hand; A below; NEOΠOΛITΩN in exergue. Sambon 535; HN Italy 586; SNG ANS –; SNG BN –; SNG Lockett 96. Near EF, deep cabinet tone. Well centered on a broad flan.
From the Alan J. Harlan Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell, June 2001.