Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4412 SESSION 13 (Friday 9.30am) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $900
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $750
ITALY, Calabria, Taras, (281-272 B.C.), silver stater, (6.59 grams), obv. naked boy rider crowning stationary horse to right, Nike flying to right crowning rider, under Nike **SI*, below horse **QE, rev. Taras astride a dolphin to left, holding a kantharos and trident, beneath dolphin **TAPAS below, **LU* in upper right field, (cf.S.370, Vl.759 [this coin], cf.SNG ANS 1116. Grey tone, extremely fine and very scarce.
Ex Robert Climpson Collection Noble Numismatics Sale 85B (lot 1412) and previously from Spink & Son, with ticket, from the M.P. Vlasto Collection and previously from the Lucerne Sale 28/3/1922 (lot 80).
Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 22% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.
Quick find
View a lot by number and sale.
Adjacent lots
Lot 4410
ITALY, Campania, Neapolis (Naples), (c.340-300 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.39 grams), obv. head ...
Estimate $400
Lot 4411
ITALY, Campania, Neapolis (Naples), (c.275-200 B.C.), AE 14-18, obv. head of Apollo laureate to left, ...
Estimate $80
Lot 4412 This lot
ITALY, Calabria, Taras, (281-272 B.C.), silver stater, (6.59 grams), obv. naked boy rider crowning stationary ...
Estimate $900
Lot 4413
ITALY, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (4th century B.C.), silver diobol, (1.16 grams), obv. Athena head to ...
Estimate $200
Lot 4414
ITALY, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.400-350 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.70 grams), obv. female head ...
Estimate $450