Published Taras Nomos - Ex Brauer
Lot 19: Calabria, Taras. Ca. 385-340 B.C. AR nomos. 
AUCTION: Triskeles - Auction 19 (Auction 323)
- Sold Winning Bid: $525
- 4 Bid(s)
Calabria, Taras. Ca. 385-340 B.C. AR nomos (19 mm, 7.51 g, 6 h). Nude ephebe on horse standing right, crowning horse with wreath / TAPAΣ, Phalanthos astride dolphin left. Fischer-Bossert grp. 31a, 446 (V197/R340); Vlasto 350-1 (same dies); SNG ANS 890 (same dies); HN Italy 868. Attractive old cabinet toning. Minor porosity on the fields. Choice very fine.
Ex NFA MBS (12 October 1988), 39; Brauer Collection, p. 44, fig. 13; Kricheldorf 3 (25 February 1957), 1112.
This early silver nomos from Taras in Calabria was formerly in the collection of George C. Brauer, a noted professor of English at the University of South Carolina and author of several good books on ancient history and coinage. Perhaps his most recognized works to historians and coin aficionados are his The decadent emperors: power and depravity in third-century Rome (1967), Judaea weeping: the Jewish struggle against Rome from Pompey to Masada, 63 B.C. to A.D. 73 (1970), and Taras: its history and coinage (1986), although he wrote other works and contributed several short papers on numismatic topics to various journals. He purchased this coin in 1957 from a Kricheldorf auction, and it reentered the market when NFA sold his collection in 1988. It is illustrated in his book on Taras, p. 44, fig. 13.
- Offered By: Barry P. Murphy
- Lot #: 19
- Listing #: 204389
- Closed: Friday, March 17, 2017 4:06:00 PM CT
- Estimate: $500