Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2023 Global Showcase Auction 14-21 Aug 2023
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ITALY. Calabria. Tarentum. AR Didrachm (Nomos) (7.85 gms), ca. 302-280 B.C. NGC Ch AU, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5. Fine Style.
HGC-1, 817; Vlasto-701-2; HN Italy-969. Obverse: Nude youth, with shield on arm, on horse rearing left; EY to right, NIKΩN below; Reverse: Phalanthos, holding grain ear, riding dolphin left; API to left, spearhead below. Extremely lustrous and vibrant, this barely handled specimen presents the appearance that it departed from the mint only recently rather than 2,300 years ago.
Estimate: $700 - $1000
HGC-1, 817; Vlasto-701-2; HN Italy-969. Obverse: Nude youth, with shield on arm, on horse rearing left; EY to right, NIKΩN below; Reverse: Phalanthos, holding grain ear, riding dolphin left; API to left, spearhead below. Extremely lustrous and vibrant, this barely handled specimen presents the appearance that it departed from the mint only recently rather than 2,300 years ago.
Estimate: $700 - $1000