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Auction 118  13-14 Sep 2021
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Lot 5

Estimate: 1500 USD
Price realized: 1900 USD
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 425-415 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.25 g, 6h). Taras, nude, extending hand and holding shield, riding dolphin left; scallop shell below / Taras, as Oikistes, seated left, balancing spindle on extended hand and holding strigil with lekythos. Fischer-Bossert Group 18, 269 (V125/R202); Vlasto, Taras, Type 53C; Vlasto 244–5 (same dies); HN Italy 844; SNG Ashmolean 233 (same dies). Old cabinet tone, typical die wear on reverse. VF. Very rare, only 7 noted by Fischer-Bossert, no additional pieces in CoinArchives (except for the present coin).

Ex Matthew Curtis Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 460, 29 January 2020), lot 17.
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