Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 23. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Nomos (7.61 g, 11h). Phalanthos riding dolphin right; cockle shell below / Nude horseman riding right, symbol (coiled serpent?) on horse’s rump. Fischer-Bossert group 16, 209a (V103/R150; this coin); Vlasto 265-6; HN Italy 847. Good VF, toned, minor area of flat strike, some underlying luster. Extremely rare die pairing from a rare issue.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 42 (with Numismatica Ars Classica, 4 December 1996), lot 579; Athos D. Moretti Collection.

Fischer-Bossert lists 2 examples from this die pairing, and 149 coins overall for his group 16, from 34 die pairings (14 obverse and 32 reverse).