Ex Vlasto and Evans Collections

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 38. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 380-375/0 BC. AR Nomos (7.89 g, 12h). Nude youth, holding shield, dismounting horse cantering left / Phalanthos on dolphin left; A below. Fischer-Bossert group 33, 514e (V215/R391) = Vlasto 431 (this coin); HN Italy 876; Côte 145 (same dies). VF, toned, reverse off center. Extremely rare die combination.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex M.P. Vlasto Collection, 431; Arthur J. Evans Collection.

Fischer-Bossert lists 5 examples from this die pairing, and 207 coins overall for his group 33, from 42 die pairings (10 obverse and 34 reverse).