Ancients
CALABRIA. Tarentum. Time of Hannibal (ca. 212-209 BC). AR half-shekel (3.34 gm). Magistrate Sogenes. Nude youth on horseback left, crowning horse with wreath; IΩ to right, ΣΩΓENHΣ below / Taras astride dolphin left, holding cornucopia and Nike, who crowns him with wreath. Vlasto 975-7. HN Italy 1079. Struck on a broad flan and attractively toned. NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5.Sotheby's (London, 5 October 1988), lot 9.
Estimate: 500-700 USD