Lot 1960

Sale 140 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals

Description

Lucania, Sybaris, (453-448 B.C.), silver twelfth stater or obol, 7mm, (0.48 g), obv. Poseidon advancing right, wearing chlamys, brandishing trident, rev. bull standing right, MVB above, (cf.S.431, cf.SNG ANS 871, cf.HN Italy 1749). Fine and rare.

Ex Anthony "Tony" Taylor Collection.^Noble Numismatics Sale 129, lot 3133. From the Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, previously from M.R. Roberts.^^Apparently an unrecorded denomination for this type.

Estimate
$150
Result Status
Passed in