Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 16. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $395. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 470-450 BC. AR Litra (0.73 g, 6h). Cockle shell within linear circle / Female head left. Vlasto 1167 (this coin); HN Italy 840. VF, toned, a few marks under tone, minor porosity. Very rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.4 (August 2000), no. 2875; M.P. Vlasto Collection, 1167.