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Nomos 37

Zurich, 16 November 2025, 14:00 CET

Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Limmatquai 54, 8001 Zurich

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From the Cotê collection, published in 1929

Estimate: 1250 CHF
Hammer Price:  1700 CHF
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CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. Didrachm or nomos (Silver, 22 mm, 6.57 g, 12 h), struck under the magistrates Phintylos and Eu.... Warrior, nude but for his helmet, riding horse galloping to right, thrusting spear downwards with his upraised right hand, holding two spears and the reins with his left, and with his shield hanging over his back; in the field to left, ΕΥ; below, ΦΙΝΤΥΛΟΣ. Rev. ΤΑΡΑΣ Phalanthos, riding dolphin to left, holding Nike in his right hand and a trident with his left; below right arm, ΠΟΛΥ; below dolphin, galley prow to left. Côte 381 (this coin). HN III 1002. Vlasto 721. Very attractively toned and very sharply struck. Reverse very slightly off center, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a European collection formed between the 1980s and the early 1990s, Nomos 13, 7 October 2016, 112, and from the collection of C. Côte, Ratto, Lugano, 28 January 1929, 381.

Online bidding closes: 16 Nov 2025, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 3 Apr 2026, 21:53:17 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1700 CHF
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