CNG 112, Lot: 30. Estimate $750. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 6.52 g, 5h). Reduced standard. Nude youth, crowning horse upon which he sits right; ΦIΛOKPA to left, monogram below / Phalanthos, nude, holding trident and small Nike, who crowns him, riding dolphin left; APIΣTO below. Vlasto 867; HN Italy 998. Attractively toned. Near EF. Well centered and a lovely example of the type.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Vinchon (14 December 1999), lot 715.