Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3385 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $250
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ITALY, Campania, Hyria, (c.400-395 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (6.93 grams), obv. head of helmeted Athena to right, crested helmet, with owl and wreath on helmet, rev. man-headed bull to right, above YDINA, single exergue line, (cf.S.294, Rutter 67 [obv. die 32, rev. die 61], SNG ANS 255 [same dies], McClean 218 [same dies]). Lightly toned, fine and very rare, with collector's packet.
Only 13 examples are known from this die combination and nearly all in Museum collections.
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