Classical Numismatic
Group, Inc. 27. Tarentum. Circa 520-510 BC. AR N o m o s (7.22 gm). Phalanthos on dolphin right, left hand extended, pecten below / As obverse, but incuse. Vlasto 63 (this coin); H. Cahn, "Early Tarentine Chronology", in Essays Robinson, pg. 61, 1st Issue; SNG A N S 825. Toned Fine. Very Rare. ($1500) Ex Vlasto Collection, 63; E.T. Newell Collection.
24. APULIA, Teate. Circa 220 BC. R Quincunx (22.35 gm). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet; five pellets above / Owl standing right on Ionic capital; crescent and five pellets to right. SNG ANS 746; SNG Copenhagen 693. Nice VF, green and brown patina. ($300) From the Collection of Marian A. Sinton. Ex Classical Auctions XI (3 May 1990), lot 155.
Numismatic 28. Tarentum. Circa 510-500 BC. AR N o m o s (7.71 gm). Phalanthos on dolphin right, left hand extended, holding cuttle fish in right h a n d / H i p p o c a m p right; pecten below. Vlasto 110 (this coin); H. Cahn, "Early Tarentine Chronology", in Essays Robinson, pg. 61, 2nd Issue; SNG ANS 833 (same obverse die). Toned VF. Very Rare. ($2000)
A Choice Offering of Tarentum Coinage Many From the Vlasto Collection.
Ex Vlasto Collection, 110.
25. CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 278-272 BC. AV Hemistater (4.27 gm). Head of Herakles, wearing lion's skin headdress / Taras, holding trident, driving biga right; [ΣΩΚ]. Vlasto 29 (same dies). VF. Rare. ($1000) 29. Tarentum. Circa 460-443 BC. AR N o m o s (7.83 gm). Ithyphallic Phalanthos on dolphin left, holding strigli in right hand, p r a w n below / Taras seated left on diphros, holding distaff in right hand. Vlasto 202 (this coin). Toned, near VF. Very Rare. ($750)
AV
Ex Vlasto Collection, 202; Ars Classica XII (18-23 October 1926), lot 194.
26. Tarentum. Circa 278-272 BC. AV Tenth Stater or Litra (0.86 gm). Attic Standard. Struck during the hegemony of Pyrrhos of Epeiros. Youthful head of Herakles right wearing lion's skin headdress / N u d e Taras astride dolphin left, holding kantharos in his right hand and upright trident with his left, ΤΑΡΑΣ below. Vlasto 43 (same dies); Pozzi 119; Weber 552. Good VF, reverse slightly double struck. Very Rare. ($750) Ex Classical Numismatic Group Auction 34, lot 13; The George & Robert Stevenson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Auction XXVI, 11 June 1993), lot 14.
30. Tarentum. Circa 450-430 BC. AR N o m o s (7.90 gm). Taras astride dolphin right, right h a n d extended; pecten below / Horseman galloping left. Vlasto 286 (this coin); SNG ANS 865. Toned VF. Rare. ($750)
Herakles/Dolphin were the standard types for the tenth stater. Minted for only three series, the tenth stater is one of the rarest denominations of this time period.
Ex Vlasto Collection, 286.
LOT 31
LOT 27 12