Watch List notes:

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 6.50 g, 11h). Reduced standard. Nude youth, holding rein and crowning horse he rides right; ZΩ to left, NEY/MH below / Phalanthos, nude, holding helmet, legs crossed, riding dolphin left; stars flanking, [ΠΟΛΥ to upper right]. Vlasto 739-45; HN Italy 1006; Goldberg 96, lot 1498 (same dies). Deep iridescent tone, compact flan. Near EF. Wonderful style and quite attractive.


From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Triton III (30 November 1999), lot 48.