Ex Vlasto and Rothschild Collections
Pedigreed to 1900

CNG 112, Lot: 38. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 240-228 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 6.55 g, 7h). Nude youth, holding filleted palm frond, on horse leaping right; monogram to left, APICTIΠΠOC below / Phalanthos, nude, holding kantharos, on dolphin left; monogram to right. Vlasto 949 (this coin); HN Italy 1056. Attractively toned, a little die wear on obverse, minor metal flaw on reverse. EF. This is a finely executed die pair for the series. A beautiful coin.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Peus 380 (3 November 2004), lot 89; Michel Pandely Vlasto Collection; ‘Late Collector’ [Rothschild Collection] (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 28 May 1900), lot 33.