Ex Vlasto and Smith Collections

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 79. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 272-240 BC. AR Nomos (6.31 g, 9h). Nude youth on horseback right, crowning horse and holding rein; AΓAΘ-A/PXOΣ in two lines below / Phalanthos, holding kantharos and cornucopia, on dolphin left; torch behind. Vlasto 853 (this coin); HN Italy 1028. VF, toned. Overstruck on uncertain type.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex M.P. Vlasto Collection, 853; H.P. Smith Collection.