Lot 4256
Sale 113 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals, Tokens & Banknotes
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Description
Italy, Campania, Hyria, (c.400-395 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (6.63 g), obv. head of helmeted Athena to right, crested helmet, with owl and wreath on helmet, rev. man-headed bull to left, above [Y]DINAI, single exergue line, (cf.S.294, Rutter 67 [obv. die 32, rev. die 61], SNG ANS 255 [same dies], McClean 218 [same dies]). Struck from a worn obverse die, otherwise fine and very rare.
Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 78 (lot 4923).
Only 13 examples are known from this die combination and nearly all in Museum collections.
- Estimate
- $120
- Result Status
- Passed in