BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Nomos (7.93 gm). KAVL, nude
 Apollo walking right, holding laurel branch in upright right hand and
 small running daimon holding long branch on outstretched left arm; to
 right, stag standing right with head reverted / Apollo and stag as on
 obverse but incuse to left, no ethnic; daimon and stag's antlers
 outlined. Noe Group A, 23 (same dies); SNG ANS 151 (same dies).
 Attractively toned, good VF, choice flan. ($4500) From the Robert
 Schonwalter Collection. Apollo is perhaps to be seen as kouros
 daphnephoros purifying his newly won sanctuary at Delphi with laurel
 branches culled from the Vale of Tempe; the small figure, also carrying a
 branch, can be interpreted as the god's messenger sent to announce his
 arrival. This type thus fits with other south Italian nomoi such as the
 tripod-lebes at Kroton (the following lot) which refer to the role of the
 Delphic oracle in the foundation of these colonies.

Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1126.
Lot was unsold.