Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 31. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 415-405 BC. AR Nomos (7.91 g, 9h). Nude rider on horseback right, crowning horse; kerykeion to right, ΛA in exergue / Phalanthos on dolphin right. Fischer-Bossert group 21, 297o (V134/R229) = Vlasto 321 (this coin); HN Italy 851; SNG Lloyd 150; SNG München 616; SNG Copenhagen 803; SNG Lockett 151; Dewing 137; Hirsch 190 (all from the same dies). VF, toned, areas of roughness, light scratches under tone. Very rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex M.P. Vlasto Collection, 321.

Fischer-Bossert lists 17 examples from this die pairing, and 45 coins overall for his group 21, from 6 die pairings (3 obverse and 6 reverse).