CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 6.53 g, 4h). Reduced standard.

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Lot: 6. Estimated: $ 1 000

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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 6.53 g, 4h). Reduced standard. Nude youth, hand on horse’s mane, on horse standing left; to left, nude attendant standing right, steadying and crowning horse; ΓΥ to right, API/ΣTI/Π below / Phalanthos, nude, holding arrow and bow, riding dolphin right; below, elephant standing right. Vlasto 736–8; HN Italy 1000. Lightly toned, slightly off center, struck from worn obverse die. Near EF.

From the collection of an English Queen’s Counsel. Ex Hess-Divo 329 (17 November 2015), lot 7; Schweizerischer Bankverein 28 (17 September 1991), lot 16.


Closing Date and Time: 20 May 2020 at 10:01:40 ET.