Watch List notes:

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 240-228 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 6.39 g, 10h). Dioskouros, raising right hand and holding rein in left, on horseback left; monogram and pileos to right; ΞE-NOKPA/T-HΣ in two lines below / Phalanthos, holding trident in right hand and raising drapery aloft in left, riding dolphin left, head and torso facing; TAPAΣ to left, monogram to right, waves and cuttlefish below. Vlasto 955–7; HN Italy 1058; SNG ANS 1256–8; SNG Lloyd 229. Choice EF, attractively toned. Beautifully struck from dies of fine workmanship.


Ex Albert Hofer Collection (Tradart, 18 December 2014), lot 9.