Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 24. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Nomos (7.69 g, 6h). Phalanthos riding dolphin right; cockle shell below / Nude horseman riding left. Fischer-Bossert group 16, 214d corr. (V111/R167) = Vlasto 282 corr. (weight; this coin); HN Italy 847; Côte 99 (same dies). Near VF, toned, minor areas of flat strike. Rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 7 (22 February 2002), lot 16; M.P. Vlasto Collection, 282.

Fischer-Bossert lists 9 examples from this die pairing.