Lot 3566

Description

Italy, Campania, Hyria, (c.405-400 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (6.915 grams), obv. head of helmeted Athena to left, crested helmet, with owl and wreath on helmet, rev. man-headed bull to right, above traces of YDINA retrograde, (cf.S.294 [£200], Rutter 41 [obv. die 26, rev. die 35], Hunter 9 [same dies], Weber 315 [same dies]). Off centred on obverse, otherwise very good, rare.

Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 60 (lot 1736) and Sale 79 (lot 3356). Almost all examples known from this mint are worn coins. Only four examples are known from this die combination and two of these are in the public collections.