★ Ex Gerson, Jameson, and Philipsen Collections ★

CALABRIA, Tarentum. temp. Pyrrhos of Epeiros. Circa 276-272 BC. AV Triobol – Quarter Stater (11mm, 2.13 g, 1h). Head of Apollo right, with long hair, wearing laurel wreath / Eagle standing left, wings spread, on thunderbolt; TAPANTINΩN to left, AP monogram to right. Fischer-Bossert G62a corr. (V51/R63 [should be listed under G63, but Sotheby pedigree is of a different coin that is correct for G62]) = Jameson 186 ( this coin ); Vlasto 46–7 (same dies); HN Italy 986; SNG BN 1862 (same dies); Hermitage Sale II 39 (same dies); Hunterian 23 (same dies). Trace deposits, tiny mark in field on obverse, tiny flan flaw on reverse. VF. Rare.

Ex Egon Gerson Collection; Classical Numismatic Group 40 (with Numismatica Ars Classica, 4 December 1996), lot 595; A.D. Moretti Collection; R. Jameson Collection; Gustav Philipsen Collection (J. Hirsch XXV, 29 November 1909), lot 368.