CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 425-415 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.71 g, 4h).

Triton XXV
Lot: 10. Estimated: $ 3 000

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 8 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 425-415 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.71 g, 4h). Phalanthos, nude, extending right hand and holding octopus in his left, riding dolphin right; scallop shell below / Taras as Oikistes, his torso bare, wearing himation from his waist, seated left on stool, balancing spindle on his extended right hand and holding aryballos and strigilis in his left. Fischer-Bossert Group 18, 278 (V127/R211); Vlasto, Taras, Type 53A; Vlasto 254 = Weber 537 (same dies); HN Italy 844; SNG ANS 860 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 142 (same dies); BMC 80 (same dies); de Luynes 288 (same dies). Toned, traces of find patina, a few small patches of roughness. Good VF. Fine style.

Ex Bertolami Fine Arts 52 (8 November 2018), lot 52 (hammer £4200).


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