CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 490-480 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 8.08 g, 12h).

Triton XXV
Lot: 7. Estimated: $ 1 500

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 2 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 490-480 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 8.08 g, 12h). Phalanthos, nude, riding dolphin right, extending right hand and holding cuttlefish in left; TAP-AS to right / Hippocamp right; TAPA-S above, cockle shell below. Fischer-Bossert Group 3, 52c (V23/R40) = Côte I 25 (this coin); Vlasto 123 (same dies); HN Italy 827; SNG Ashmolean 202 (same dies); SNG Newnham Davis 12 (same dies). Attractive old cabinet tone, a hint of porosity, a few scratches. VF. Traces of undertype visible.

Ex Künker 326 (7 October 2019), lot 501; Dr. Walter Stoecklin (†1975) Collection (Nomos 14, 17 May 2017), lot 26; Claudius Côte Collection (Part I, R. Ratto, 28 January 1929), lot 25.


The final winners of all Triton XXV lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 11-12 January 2022. Triton XXV – Session One – Greek Coinage (Part 1) will be held Tuesday morning, 11 January 2022 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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