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Session Five - Tuesday, February 14th 10:00am PST
Enlargement
1502 Calabria, Taras. Silver Nomos (6.64 g), ca. 272-240 BC
. Sy… and Lykinos, magistrates. Youth on horseback left, crowning horse with
wreath; behind and below in two lines, magistrate' s names:
and
/
.
Reverse:
-
, Phalanthos riding dolphin left, hurling trident;
behind, owl standing left, head facing. Vlasto 836; HN Italy 1025. Gorgeous iridescent toning.
Superb Extremely Fine
.
Estimate Value ....................................................................................................................................................................... $1,000 - 1,200
From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Ex Coin Galleries (16 November 1983), 155.
The reverse type refers to the miraculous salvation of Phalanthos, the Parthenian founder of Taras, who was said to have fallen overboard as he
made the crossing from Greece to Southern Italy. He would have drowned if not for a dolphin that swam to his aid and carried him to safety on
the Italian shore. He founded Taras not far from the site where he was brought to land.
1503
Calabria, Taras. Silver Nomos (5.92 g), ca. 240-228 BC
.
Xenokrates, magistrate. Dioskouros on horseback left, head fac-
ing, raising hand and holding rein; in right field, TP monogram
and pileos; in two lines below, magistrate' s name: [
]E-
NOKPA/T-H
.
Reverse:
TAPA
, Phalanthos riding dolphin left,
head and torso facing, holding trident and lifting drapery; in
right field, monogram; below, waves and cuttlefish. Vlasto 955-
7; HN Italy 1058. Toned.
Choice Very Fine
.
Estimate Value ......................................................$250 - 300
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in
the 1980s.
B
EAUTIFUL
H
ERAKLEIA
S
ILVER
N
OMOS
,
CA
. 281-278 BC
Enlargement
1504 Lucania, Herakleia. Silver Nomos (7.80 g), ca. 281-278 BC
. Aris, magistrate. |- HEPAK
EI
-N, head of Athena right, wearing crested
Corinthian helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone; between crest and hair, E.
Reverse:
Herakles standing facing slightly left, head turned to
front, holding club and bow, lion' s skin draped over arm; to upper left, owl standing right; in left field, magistrate' s name: API
. Van Keuren 87;
SNG ANS 77-79; HN Italy 1385. Beautiful old cabinet tone. Unusually well centered.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimate Value ........................................................................................................................................................................... $2,500 - UP
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1985.