318, Lot: 3. Estimate $150. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 455 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.50 g, 1h). Taras riding dolphin right, both arms outstretched; cockle shell below / Oecist seated left, holding distaff and kantharos. Fischer-Bossert Group 8, 128c (V65/R88) = Vlasto 173 (this coin); HN Italy 844. Fair, toned, graffito in field on reverse.

Ex M.P. Vlasto Collection.