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Auction 17  26 Oct 2018
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Lot 8

Estimate: 7500 CHF
Price realized: 9000 CHF
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CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 315-302 BC. Nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 7.95 g, 6 h). Nude horseman galloping r., holding round shield and two spears in his left hand, and striking downwards with a spear held in his upraised right; in field to left, Ξ; below horse, API. Rev. TAPAΣ Phalanthos, nude, riding dolphin to left, holding rudder in his left hand and a kantharos in his right; in field to left, KΛ. FB 914b (this coin). HN III 939. BMC 208 (same dies). Vlasto 640. A beautifully toned example, very well-struck from fresh dies. Good extremely fine.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 33, 6 April 2006, 18, Spink 120, 9 July 1997, 20, and from the "England" Collection, formed in the 1980s or before.
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