‡ Italy, Calabria, Tarentum, Ae 14mm, c. 240 BC, scallop shell, rev., ΤΑΡΑΝ, Phalanthos riding dolphin left holding cornucopia and kantharos, 2.33g, die axis 9.00 (Vlasto 1834 = Laffaille (1982), 7 = Laffaille (1990), 37, this piece; SNG ANS 1602 ff; SNG Fitzwilliam 156; BMC 479), even green patina, about extremely fine Provenance: Sir Arthur J. Evans collection; Robert Jameson collection (not in catalogue); M.P. Vlasto collection; M. Laffaille collection, Münzen und Medaillen 76, 19 September 1991, lot 37 (colour pl. A); Tradart, Geneva, 8 November 1992, lot 14 (colour enlargements pp. 49 & 65); European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002).

Estimate: GBP 300-400