CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.73 g, 5h).

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Lot: 37. Estimated: $ 500

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.73 g, 5h). Nude youth, holding shield, on horse leaping left; Σ[Λ] to right, ΦIΛΩN below / Phalanthos, holding Nike, who crowns him with wreath, riding dolphin left; waves below. Vlasto 685; HN Italy 964; SNG Lockett 201 (this coin). Toned, struck with worn obverse die, small area of smoothing in field on reverse. Good VF.

From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 81840 (May 1994); Sotheby’s (18 April 1994), lot 467 (part of); Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Part I, Glendining, 25 October 1955), lot 169.


Closing Date and Time: 29 January 2020 at 10:12:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.