Ex Vlasto Collection & Warren Find

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 70. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos (6.30 g, 5h). Nude youth on horseback right, crowning horse; behind, Nike flying right, crowning youth, above ΣI; ΘE below / Phalanthos, holding kantharos and trident, on dolphin left. Vlasto 758 (this coin); HN Italy 1009; SNG ANS 1118 (same dies). VF, toned, a little rough, cleaning marks under tone.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Vecchi 17 (15 December 1999), lot 490; M.P. Vlasto Collection, 758; pre-1900 Taranto? Hoard (IGCH 1975 = “Warren Find”).