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From the Vlasto Collection and the Carosino Find

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 33. Estimate $500. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009. 
Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 400-390 BC. AR Nomos (7.53 g, 6h). Warrior, wearing helmet and holding shield and lance, dismounting from horse cantering left; Σ below / Phalanthos, holding helmet and large oval shield, on dolphin left; Σ below. Fischer-Bossert group 24, 326j (V148/R254) = Vlasto 297 (this coin); HN Italy 849; SNG ANS 867; BMC 265; McClean 568-9; Nanteuil 86 (all from the same dies). VF, toned, light scratches under tone. Rare.


From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex M.P. Vlasto Collection, 297; 1905 Carosino Hoard (IGCH 1928).

Fischer-Bossert lists 10 examples from this die pairing, and 74 coins overall for his group 24, from 13 die pairings (7 obverse and 11 reverse).