Lot 2460

Sale 64 · Important Australian Coins & Banknotes, Ancient, World Coins & War Medals, The W.J.Noble Collection of Communion Tokens

Description

Italy, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras) under Hannibal, (212-209 B.C.), silver reduced nomos, (3.956 grams), obv. jockey on horseback to right, crowning horse with wreath, holding palm branch in his left hand, beneath horse **KRITO S*, rev. Phalanthos, naked astride dolphin to left, holdin Nike in left hand, trident in other hand, monogram **EPK* to left and OH monogram on right, **TAPAS* below, (S.383, Vl.978 [same dies], SNG ANS 1269). Extremely fine and rare.

Ex Ponterio & Associates, Mail bid sale 102, July 29, 1999 (lot 76).

Estimate
$300
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$460