Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 41. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009. Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 365-355 BC. AR Nomos (7.49 g, 11h). Nude youth on horseback right; to right, herm left; |-E below / Phalanthos, holding oinochoe, on dolphin left. Fischer-Bossert group 36, - (V229/R429 [unlisted die combination]); Vlasto 409 (same obv. die); HN Italy 873; SNG ANS 912 (same obv. die). Near VF, a little porous, minor die rust. Rare, and unpublished with this die combination.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 39 (18 September 1996), lot 47.
This particular coin is listed in Fischer-Bossert as 567k, but he misidentified the reverse die as R433. Fischer-Bossert lists 123 coins overall for his group 36, from 15 die pairings (5 obverse and 11 reverse).