Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 25. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Nomos (7.55 g, 8h). Phalanthos riding dolphin right; cockle shell below / Nude horseman riding left. Fischer-Bossert group 16, 227q (V111/R167) = Vlasto 277 (this coin); HN Italy 847; SNG ANS 863 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 798 (same dies). Near VF, toned, light cleaning marks, graffito (’KAΛOΣ’) on obverse. Rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Vecchi 17 (15 December 1999), lot 481; M.P. Vlasto Collection, 277.

Fischer-Bossert lists 18 examples from this die pairing.