444, Lot: 4. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-228 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.66 g, 4h). Kantharos; rosette of pellets above, four pellets flanking / Kantharos; four pellets around, kerykeion to lower left. Vlasto 1633 var. (no kerykeion [or not visible due to poor strike]); HN Italy 1076. Near EF, lightly toned, some porosity. Very rare variety.

From the Richard Sharf Collection. Ex Obolos 3 (15 November 2015), lot 45; Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 13 (9 October 2003), lot 538.