Ex Vlasto Collection

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 71. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $445. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-272 BC. AR Nomos (6.54 g, 4h). The Dioskouroi riding left; [monogram above], ΣΩΔ-A-M-O-Σ below / Phalanthos, holding Nike, two spears and shield decorated with serpent, on dolphin left; ΓY to left, waves below. Vlasto 774 (this coin); HN Italy 1011. Good VF, toned, obverse a little off center, small nick on dolphin.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex M.P. Vlasto Collection, 774.