CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 450 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.86 g, 1h). VF.

Triton XXIX
Lot: 12.
Closing Date: Jan 14 2026 11:00 ET

Greek, Silver

Estimate: $ 1 500

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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 450 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.86 g, 1h). Phalanthos, nude, extending hands, riding dolphin left; cicada to right, scallop shell below / Taras as Oikistes, his torso bare, wearing himation from his waist, seated left on stool, balancing spindle on his extended right hand and holding scepter in his left. Fischer-Bossert Group 18, 141a (V75’/R96) = Vlaso 195 = Vlasto, Taras, Type 16Ib = L. Correra, “Note di Numismatica Tarantina, in Neapolis” in Neapolis I (1913), pl. VI, 20 = H. Willers, Studien zur Grieschischen Kunst (Leipzig, 1914), pl. XII, 10 (this coin); HN Italy 845. Old cabinet tone, light granularity, some roughness, minor die break on reverse. VF.

Ex Frankfurter Münzhandlung 157 (3 November 2023), lot 22; Michel Pandely Vlasto (†1936) Collection; Lestranges Collection (Egger, 26 November 1909), lot 23.


The final winners of all Triton XXIX lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 January 2026.

Triton XXIX – Session One – Lot 1-301 will be held Tuesday morning, 13 January 2026 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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