342, Lot: 15. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 290-281 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.73 g, 5h). Warror, preparing to throw spear and holding shield and two more spears, on horse rearing right; [|-]HPA[K] below / Phalanthos, holding Nike, two spears, and shield, astride dolphin left; ΦI below. Fischer-Bossert Group 82, 1141 (V425/R883); Vlasto 599 (same dies); HN Italy 936. VF, attractively toned, minor area of flat strike. Rare.
From Group SGF.