Ex Côte, Weber, and Boyne Collections
CNG 112, Lot: 27. Estimate $2000.
Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 290-281 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 7.76 g, 6h). Warrior, nude but for crested helmet, holding shield and two spears, preparing to cast a third, on horse rearing right; ΣIM below / Phalanthos, holding distaff, riding dolphin left; to left, eagle standing left; ΦI and waves below. Fischer-Bossert Group 78b, 1077m (V406/R831) = Côte II 3 = Weber 591 (
this coin); Vlasto 576–7; HN Italy 933; SNG ANS 982; SNG Lockett 182; BMC 234 (all from the same dies). Old cabinet tone. Near EF. A beautiful coin.
Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 40 (4 June 2014), lot 16; Giessener Münzhandlung 58 (9 April 1992), lot 23; É. & S. Bourgey (2 June 1988), lot 4; Claudius Côte Collection (Feuardent, Leman, & Foury, 4 December 1936), lot 3; Sir Hermann Weber Collection; William Boyne Collection (Part I, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 21 January 1896), lot 30b.
