Watch List notes:

CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 315-302 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 8.02 g, 4 h), Ari... and Kl..., magistrates. Nude rider on horse galloping to right, stabbing with spear held in his right hand and holding two other spears and shield with his left; to upper left, Ξ; below horse, API. Rev. TAPAΣ Youthful oikist, nude, riding dolphin to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and rudder in his left; below, ΚΛ. Fischer-Bossert 923. HN Italy 939. Vlasto 636. Beautifully toned and of fine style. Struck on a slightly short flan, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the Hestia Collection, formed over the past five decades and from the collection of Prof. Wiemers, Kricheldorf 49, 20-21 February 2017, 10, and privately acquired from Blaser-Frey in 1971.