Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 56. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $430. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 315-302 BC. AR Nomos (7.65 g, 1h). Warrior, holding shield and two spears, preparing to cast a third, on horseback right; ΣA below / Phalanthos, holding kantharos and trident, on dolphin left; A above and K below arm; below, dolphin left. Fischer-Bossert group 73, 897 (V349/R698); Vlasto 610 (same dies); HN Italy 937; SNG ANS 999 (same dies); BMC 221 (same dies). VF, dark iridescent toning, minor roughness on reverse. Rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.

Fischer-Bossert lists 8 examples from this die pairing, not including this coin, and 151 coins overall for his group 73, from 22 die pairings (7 obverse and 11 reverse).