BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 8.38 g, 12h). NGC graded Ch AU★, 5/5, 5/5, Fine Style.

Triton XXVI
Lot: 26. Estimated: $ 25 000

Greek, 12h, Silver

Sold For $ 27 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 8.38 g, 12h). Apollo advancing right, holding branch aloft in right hand, left arm extended, upon which a small daimon, holding branch in each hand, runs right, head reverted; KAVΛ to left; to right, stag standing right, head reverted; dot-and-cable border / Incuse of obverse, but daimon, branch, and stag’s antlers in outline and no ethnic; radiate border. Noe, Caulonia, Group A, 5h (this coin); Gorini 3; HN Italy 2035; SNG ANS 142 (same dies); SNG München 1396 (same dies); Gulbenkian 119 (same dies); Hermitage Sale II 163 (same obv. die); Hunterian 2 (same obv. die). Lovely old collection toning. In NGC encapsulation 4284630-001, graded Ch AU★, Strike: 5/5 - Surface: 5/5, Fine Style.

Ex Gasvoda Collection (Triton XXII, 8 January 2019), lot 76; Numismatica Genevensis SA 7 (27 November 2012), lot 133; Peter Guber Collection (Manhattan Sale II, 4 January 2011), lot 5; Freeman & Sear FPL 11 (Spring/Summer 2006), no. 11; Münzen und Medaillen AG 52 (19 June, 1975), lot 51; Frank Sherman Benson Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 3 February 1909), lot 99 (lot won by Rollin & Feuardent).


The final winners of all Triton XXVI lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 10-11 January 2023.

Triton XXVI – Session One – Lots 1-334 will be held Tuesday morning, 10 January 2023 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.

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