Lot 3489
Sale 134 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Italy, Lucania, Poseidonia, (c.480-450 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.48 g), obv. Poseidon, naked but for chlamys over shoulder, advancing brandishing trident, **POM[ES] before, rev. bull walking to left, all within shallow incuse square, above **EMOP (retrograde), (cf. S.424, SNG Cop.1278-9, SNG ANS 652). Hammered on edge, edge porosity and flaking, otherwise good fine, and very scarce.
Ex Dr Hugh Preston Collection.
Previously Noble Numismatics Sale 59, lot 1789.
- Estimate
- $120
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $160