Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 20. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 465-455 BC. AR Nomos (8.05 g, 6h). Phalanthos riding dolphin left, arms extended; cockle shell below / Hippocamp right. Fischer-Bossert, group 7, 110 (V57/R73); Vlasto 137 (same dies); HN Italy 827. VF, minor porosity, partial flat strike. Very rare die combination.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.

Fischer-Bossert lists only 4 examples from this die pairing, not including the present coin.