452, Lot: 18. Estimate $300. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 480-470 BC. AR Nomos (18mm, 7.69 g). Taras, nude, both arms outstretched, riding dolphin left; scallop shell below / Wheel of four spokes. Fischer-Bossert Group 4, 89 (V47/R59); Vlasto 94 (same dies); HN Italy 833; SNG Lloyd 111 (same rev. die); Berlin 49 (same dies); Jameson 83 (same rev. die). Toned, some find patina remaining, compact flan, shallow test cut on obverse, off center on reverse. VF.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.