Ex Rudman and Moretti Collections

441, Lot: 10. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 425-415 BC. AR Nomos (21.5mm, 8.19 g, 2h). Taras, nude, extending right hand and holding shield in left, riding dolphin left; scallop shell below / Taras, as Oikistes, his torso bare, wearing himation from his waist, seated left on stool, holding scepter in extended right hand and supporting himself with his left; spindle to lower right. Fischer-Bossert Group 18, 271l (V125/R204 – this coin); Vlasto, Taras, Type 49; Vlasto 237–8 (same dies); HN Italy 844; SNG ANS 858 (same dies); BMC 77 (same dies). EF, dark cabinet tone, a hint of die wear as usual, slightly off center on reverse. Fine style and among the finest of this issue.

Ex Gasvoda Collection; Numismatica Ars Classica 88 (8 October 2015), lot 354; William N. Rudman Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 1039; A. D. Moretti Collection.