CNG 112, Lot: 36. Estimate $500. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 272-240 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 6.52 g, 6h). Reduced standard. Nude youth, crowning horse upon which he rides right; monogram to left, NIKOK/PATHΣ in two lines below / Phalanthos, nude, holding tripod, riding dolphin left; to right, Nike flying left, crowning him. Vlasto 863 (same dies); HN Italy –; Rauch 89, lot 1041 (same obv. die). Attractively toned, minor scrape on reverse. EF. Extremely rare, only two others published. An obverse die in fine style.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 194609 (August 2004); Numismatica Ars Classica O (13 May 2004), lot 1466.