Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 9. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 480-470 BC. AR Nomos (8.07 g). Phalanthos riding dolphin right; cockle shell below / Wheel of four spokes. Fischer-Bossert, group 4, 73 (V34/R55); Vlasto 81 (same rev. die); HN Italy 833; SNG Forbat 27 (same dies); Hirsch 79 (same dies). Near VF, light porosity. Very rare die combination.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 1486 (part of).

Fischer-Bossert lists 7 examples from this die pairing, not including the present coin, and 246 coins overall for his group 4, from 21 die pairings (18 obverse and 6 reverse).