Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 47. 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 330-325 BC. AR Nomos (7.83 g, 6h). Nude youth on horseback right, crowning horse; to left, Nike flying right, crowning rider with wreath; ΣIM below / Phalanthos, holding kantharos and trident, on dolphin left; below,
^˙ r above waves. Fischer-Bossert group 62, 789 (V309/R611); Vlasto 506 (same obv. die); HN Italy 886; SNG Ashmolean 275 (same dies); Jameson 140 (same dies); Nanteuil 98 = Weber 587 (same dies). VF, dark iridescent toning, a couple light marks on obverse. Rare.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.
Fischer-Bossert lists 13 examples from this die pairing, not including this coin, and 106 coins overall for his group 62, from 15 die pairings (4 obverse and 11 reverse).