Lot 3057

Description

Italy, Lucania, Velia, Silver Nomos, Stater or Didrachm, 305/304 - 293/290 B.C., Period VII Philiston Group, 7.212 grams, obv. Athena to l., wearing crested Attic helmet, decorated with a dolphin, vizor with dots, [AE] monogram before, **F* on neck-guard, Rev. Lion walking to r., below in exergue traces of **[UEL]HTWN*, above **F*, trident and I, dotted border, (cf.S.454, Williams 501 [p.122, Pl.XXXVIII, notes 1 specimen with this die combination], SNG Ash. 1371 [same dies], de Luynes 639 [same obverse die], BMC 100 [same obverse die], Pozzi 263 [same reverse die], Foggia Hoard 156 [same obverse die], SNG Lockett 561 [same reverse die]), dotted border. Nearly very fine. Very Rare.