445, Lot: 17. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 385-380 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.86 g, 7h). Nude youth on horse standing right, raising right hand to crown horse; small Λ below, kerykeion to right / Phalanthos riding dolphin left, both hands resting on the dolphin’s back; monogram below. Fischer-Bossert Group 31a, 442 (V195/R336); Vlasto 352 (same dies); HN Italy 880. VF, lightly toned, slight roughness, trace of smoothing, cleaning marks.
From the Ealing Collection, purchased from Sydney Mygind, February 1995. Ex Bonhams (8 February 1994), lot 188.