Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 13. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 470-465 BC. AR Nomos (7.92 g, 6h). Phalanthos riding dolphin right; cockle shell below / Head of Satyra left within circular border; all in shallow incuse circle. Fischer-Bossert group 5, 91 (V41/R60); Vlasto 140 (same dies); HN Italy 838. VF, toned, small die break on obverse, obverse a little off center. Very rare die combination.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Triton III (30 November 1999), lot 37.

Fischer-Bossert lists 5 examples from this die pairing, not including the present coin, and 73 coins overall for his group 5, from 11 die pairings (5 obverse and 6 reverse).