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From the Vlasto Collection and the 1929 Taranto Hoard

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 37. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009. 
Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 380-375/0 BC. AR Nomos (7.48 g, 6h). Nude youth on horseback left; below, Palladion facing / Phalanthos on dolphin left; A below. Fischer-Bossert group 32, 484a (V206/R365) = Vlasto 423 (this coin); HN Italy 875. VF, toned, obverse slightly off center. Extremely rare die combination.


From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex M.P. Vlasto Collection, 423; 1929 Taranto Hoard (IGCH 1922).

Fischer-Bossert lists 3 examples from this die pairing, and 108 coins overall for his group 32, from 15 die pairings (6 obverse and 12 reverse).