Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 27. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 240-228 BC. AR Nomos (6.67 gm, 2h). Warrior in full military dress on horseback right, torso facing, small Nike in outstretched right hand placing a wreath on warrior's head; monogram behind, KALLIKRA/THS in two lines below / TARAS, Phalanthos astride dolphin left, holding in extended right hand Nike who crowns him with wreath, and trident in left; NE monogram above dolphin's tail, [A] below nose. Vlasto 964; SNG France 2059; SNG ANS 1260; SNG Copenhagen 947; HN Italy 1059. Choice EF, attractive old cabinet toning with multi-colored iridescence around devices. ($500)

From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 9 (16 April 1996), lot 45.