Ex Vlasto and Côte Collections

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 72. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Drachm (3.00 g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena right, Skylla on hemlet / Owl standing right, head facing, on thunderbolt; [ΣΩΣTPATOΣ to left], EY and ΠOΛY to right. Vlasto 1064 = Côte 383 (this coin); HN Italy 1016. VF, toned, light cleaning scratches under tone.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.4 (August 2000), no. 2869; M.P. Vlasto Collection, 1064; Claudius Côte Collection (R. Ratto, 28 January 1929), lot 383.