Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 30. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 415-405 BC. AR Nomos (7.72 g, 3h). Phalanthos, holding oar, on dolphin left; waves below / Nude horseman riding right. Fischer-Bossert group 20, 290 (V131/R222); Vlasto 313 (same obv. die); cf. HN Italy 847 and 849; SNG ANS 876 (same dies); SNG München 614 (same dies). Fine, lightly toned, die breaks on reverse, scratch on obverse under tone, minor porosity. Very rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.

Fischer-Bossert lists 9 examples from this die pairing, not including this coin, and 38 coins overall for his group 20, from 7 die pairings (3 obverse and 7 reverse).