140, Lot: 2. Estimate $500. Sold for $1360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 500-490 BC. AR Nomos (17mm, 8.11 g). Taras riding dolphin right,holding cuttlefish in right hand / Hippocamp right; cockle shell below. Fischer-Bossert 58 (V25/R45); Vlasto 99 (same dies); SNG ANS -; HN Italy 827. VF, lightly toned.

NOTE: There is an old scratch on the obverse, from the top of the dolphin across the arm of Taras.