Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 34. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 400-390 BC. AR Nomos (7.73 g, 4h). Nude youth, holding whip, on horseback right; Λ below / Phalanthos, holding aphlaston, on dolphin left. Fischer-Bossert group 26, 354 (V164/R276); Vlasto 337-9 (same obv. die); HN Italy 850; SNG Copenhagen 805 (same dies); Hunterian 31 (same dies); Hirsch 91 (same dies). Near VF, toned, slightly off center. Rare die combination.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.

Fischer-Bossert lists 7 examples from this die pairing, not including this coin, and 184 coins overall for his group 26, from 32 die pairings (12 obverse and 22 reverse).