452, Lot: 17. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 490-480 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.91 g, 10h). Taras, nude, riding dolphin right, holding cuttlefish, left hand extended / Hippocamp right; cockle shell below. Fischer-Bossert Group 3, 56m (V24/R44 –
this coin); Vlasto 117 (same dies); HN Italy 827. Toned, light scratches. VF.
From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Superior (7 December 1972), lot 56.