Ex Vlasto Collection

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 8. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Sixth Nomos (1.27 g, 3h). Dolphin left; cockle shell below / Hippocamp right. Vlasto 1127 (this coin); HN Italy 829. Near VF, toned, minor porosity. Very rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.4 (August 2000), no. 2873; M.P. Vlasto Collection, 1127.