Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 35. 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 (7.58 g, 9h). Nude youth, holding whip, on horseback right / Phalanthos, holding aphlaston, on dolphin left. Fischer-Bossert group 26, 368 (V165/R281); Vlasto 334 (same obv. die); HN Italy 850; Hunterian 32 (same dies). Near VF, toned, struck from worn dies. Very rare die combination.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.

Fischer-Bossert lists 4 examples from this die pairing, not including this coin.