Watch List notes:

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 470-465 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 8.10 g, 12h). Taras riding dolphin left, both arms outstretched; [TAPAS to right], cockle shell below / Female head (Satyra?) left within linear circle in shallow incuse circle. Fischer-Bossert Group 5, 96b (V49/R64 – this coin); Vlasto 145–6 (same obv. die); HN Italy 838; SNG ANS 844 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 120 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 50 (same obv. die); Jameson 91 (same dies). Good VF, attractively toned, flan a little compact. Excellent metal.


From the Friend of a Scholar Collection. Ex Leu 38 (13 May 1986), lot 5; Michel Pandely Vlasto Collection.