452, Lot: 19. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.87 g, 7h). Taras riding dolphin right, both arms outstretched; cockle shell below / Oikistes seated left, holding distaff and scepter. Fischer-Bossert Group 12, 185 (V91/R133); Vlasto 193 (same obv. die); HN Italy 845. Toned, porous and some granularity, scratches. Fine.

From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Pegasi XXIV (5 April 2011), lot 22.