Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 43. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 365-355 BC. AR Nomos (7.66 g, 5h). Nude youth on horseback right; small Θ below / Phalanthos on dolphin left; small Θ above tail. Fischer-Bossert group 40, 608 (V239/R465); Vlasto 452 (same obv. die); HN Italy 879. VF, lightly toned, area of flat strike. Extremely rare die combination.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.

Fischer-Bossert lists 3 examples from this die pairing, not including this coin, and 115 coins overall for his group 40, from 15 die pairings (4 obverse and 12 reverse).