CNG 112, Lot: 31. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 6.37 g, 6h). Reduced standard. Nude youth on horseback left; to left, attendant standing right, crowning horse; ΓΥ to right, API/ΣTI/Π in three lines below / Phalanthos, nude, holding bow and arrow, riding dolphin right; below, elephant standing right. Vlasto 736 (same dies); HN Italy 1000. Toned, small area of weak strike, tiny mark and flan flaw on obverse, some die rust on reverse. EF.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Spink Taisei 52 (Part 2, with Numismatica Ars Classica, 26 October 1994), lot 1734.