Triton XVI, Lot: 181. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Punic occupation. Circa 212-209 BC. AR Reduced Nomos – Half-Shekel (19mm, 3.81 g, 6h). Nude youth on horseback right, crowning horse with laurel wreath in his right hand, left hand on reins; ΣΩKΛN-NΛΣ below / Phalanthos, holding aphlaston in extended right hand, cradling trident in left arm, astride dolphin left; to right, eagle standing left, wings spread; TA-PAΣ below. Vlasto 984 (same rev. die); HN Italy 1082; SNG ANS 1272; SNG Lloyd –; Dewing 320. EF, even gray toning with slight iridescence around the devices.

From the RCM Collection.