Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 32. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 415-405 BC. AR Nomos (7.66 g, 1h). Phalanthos on dolphin right; A below / Nude rider on horseback right, crowning horse; kerykeion to right. Fischer-Bossert group 21, 298f (V135/R230; this coin); Vlasto 325; HN Italy 851; SNG Lloyd 151; McClean 570; Jameson 107 (all from the same dies). Good Fine, lightly toned, a few light marks, minor deposits of horn silver. Very rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Superior (27 May 2001), lot 501; Charles L. Ruby Collection (Superior, 17 June 1974), lot 122.

Fischer-Bossert lists 6 examples from this die pairing.