Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 30. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos (7.85 g, 4h). Nude youth on horseback left, crowning horse; ΣA behind, APE/ΘΩN in two lines below / Phalanthos riding dolphin left, holding tripod in extended right hand, left hand on dolphin; TAPAΣ behind, CA[Σ] below. Vlasto 666-7; HN Italy 957; SNG ANS 1046-7 (same obv. die); SNG France 1869-70. EF, dark iridescent toning, minor die wear on obverse. Well struck.