Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 69. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 480-470 BC. AR Nomos (8.02 g). Taras riding dolphin left, both arms outstretched; open cockle shell below / Wheel of four spokes; dolphin in one quarter. Fischer-Bossert 90 (V48/R59); Vlasto 93 (same dies); HN Italy 833; SNG ANS (vol. 5) 1234 (same dies); SNG France 1595 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 770 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 111 (same dies); Jameson 83 (same dies). Good VF, slight die break on reverse. Very rare issue, only one obverse die for this symbol. Overstruck on uncertain type.