CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Nomos (23.5mm, 7.75 g, 4h).

Triton XXV
Lot: 9. Estimated: $ 1 500

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 2 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Nomos (23.5mm, 7.75 g, 4h). Taras as Oikistes, his torso bare, wearing himation from his waist, seated left on stool, holding kantharos in extended right hand and cradling scepter in left arm; altar to left / Phalanthos, nude, extending left hand and supporting himself with his right, riding dolphin right; scallop shell below, TAPAN-TI-NΩN around. Fischer-Bossert Group 17, 245 (V117/R184); Vlasto, Taras, Type 33, n = Ward 23 (same dies); Vlasto 212 (same dies); HN Italy 844; SNG Ashmoleon 227–8; BMC 85-6; de Luynes 281-2; McClean 556 (all from the same dies). Old collection tone, light porosity at periphery, some old scratches under tone. VF.

From the Pythagoras Collection.


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