‡ Italy, Calabria, Tarentum, didrachm, c. 510-450 BC, ΤΑΡΑΣ, Phalanthos riding dolphin left extending both arms; below, cockle shell, rev., hippocamp left, 8.09g, die axis 7.00 (Fischer-Bossert 109; Vlasto 133; SNG Lockett 124; AMB 75, all from the same dies), toned, good very fine, well-centred and rare Provenance: Sabine Bourgey, 2 December 1999, lot 1; European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002).

Estimate: GBP 4000-5000