Ex Vlasto Collection

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 57. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $405. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 302 BC. AR Nomos (7.72 g, 1h). Nude youth, crowning himself, on horseback right; below, ΣA above Ionic capital / Phalanthos, holding serpent, on dolphin left; KON below. Fischer-Bossert group 75, 949i (V368/R735) = Vlasto 657 (this coin); HN Italy 947; McClean 613 (same obv. die). VF, toned, a couple minor deposits on obverse.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex M.P. Vlasto Collection, 657.

Fischer-Bossert lists 9 examples from this die pairing, and 170 coins overall for his group 75, from 36 die pairings (14 obverse and 21 reverse).