Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 36. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $265. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 390-385 BC. AR Nomos (7.65 g, 1h). Nude youth, holding rein, on horseback right / Phalanthos on dolphin left. Fischer-Bossert group 29, 414d (V184/R318; this coin); Vlasto 361; HN Italy 870; McClean 578 (same rev. die). VF, light graffito (‘KΛ’ or ‘KA’) in field on reverse. Very rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 42 (29 May 1997), lot 37 (part of).

Fischer-Bossert lists 5 examples from this die pairing, and 32 coins overall for his group 29, from 10 die pairings (5 obverse and 6 reverse).