Bertolami Fine Art - Máchova 838, Vinohrady 18, 120 00 Prague
Auction 309 – Ancient Greek and Byzantine Coins Auction 309 – Session II
Thursday 26 September 2024 hours 14:30 (UTC +01:00)
Calabria, Tarentum (c. 302-280 BC), Nomos; AR (8,16 g; 21,7 mm)
Nude youth riding horse walking to right, raising his right hand to crown the horse's head; to left, ΣΑ; below, ΦΙΛΙ-APXOΣ, Rv. TAPAΣ, youthful oikist, nude, riding dolphin to left, holding grape in his right hand and resting his left on the dolphin; below, ΑΓΑ. HN Italy 960; Vlasto 673. Traces of previous mechanical removal of oxides. Fields gently smoothed. Tooled in some details of the figures on both obverse and reverse, otherwise extremely fine.