Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 61. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 290-281 BC. AR Nomos (7.67 g, 11h). Warrior, holding shield and two spears, preparing to cast a third, on horseback right; ΣA below / Phalanthos, holding distaff, on dolphin left; to left, eagle standing left; below, prow left. Fischer-Bossert group 80, 1125 (V416/R867); Vlasto 585 (same obv. die); HN Italy 934; SNG ANS 985 (same dies). VF, toned, a few areas of minor porosity, cleaning marks under tone. Very rare die combination.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.

Fischer-Bossert lists 6 examples from this die pairing, not including this coin, and 153 coins overall for his group 80, from 23 die pairings (8 obverse and 21 reverse).