Pedigreed to 1928

CNG 112, Lot: 15. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 390-385 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.81 g, 12h). Nude youth on horse galloping right; tiny Λ below / Phalanthos, nude, holding akrostolion, riding dolphin right; tiny Λ below. Fischer-Bossert Group 28, 398d (V175/R307’ – this coin); Vlasto 375 (same dies); HN Italy 870. Old collection tone, a little off center and light scuff under tone on obverse. Good VF.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Monetarium 57 (Spring 1992), no. 3; Monetarium 55 (Spring 1991), no. 5; Auctiones AG 20 (8 November 1990), lot 53; Ars Classica XIII (27 June 1928), lot 37.