Two Very Rare Fractions

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 40. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $115. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 380-325 BC. AR Tritemorion(?) (0.47 g). Female head left / Three crescents facing outward around central pellet. Vlasto 1139 (this coin); HN Italy 924. Near VF, toned, cleaning marks. Apparently unique.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.4 (August 2000), no. 2874; M.P. Vlasto Collection, 1139; Nervenga Collection (Sambon, 18 November 1907), lot 381.