Two Rare Vlasto Fractions

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 11. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $445. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 480-470 BC. AR Tenth Nomos – Litra (0.74 g). Cockle shell / Wheel of four spokes. Vlasto 1110 (this coin); HN Italy 835. VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.4 (August 2000), no. 2871; M.P. Vlasto Collection, 1110.