Ex Vlasto and Scheffelin Collections

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 83. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $255. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 272-240 BC. AR Nomos (6.29 g, 6h). Warrior, wearing helmet, holding lance, shield slung on back, on horseback right; |-HPAK-Λ/HTOΣ in two lines below / Phalanthos, holding rose and cornucopia, on dolphin left; monogram and thyrsos to right. Vlasto 890 (this coin); HN Italy 1037. VF, old collection toning.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Vecchi 17 (15 December 1999), lot 491; M.P. Vlasto Collection, 890; Scheffelin Collection.