Lot 4578

Description

Italy, Lucania, Thurium (Thourioi), (350 -300 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.43 g), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with figure of Scylla, rev. bull butting to right, **[UOURIWN] and I below bull, tunny fish below in exergue, dotted exergual line, (cf.S.447; SNG ANS 1058/9 [similar dies]). Minor edge roughness on reverse, otherwise very fine and scarce.

Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 79 (lot 3364) and Noble Numismatics Sale 59 (lot 1794).