Lot 3454

Sale 58 · Important Australian Coins & Banknotes, The W.J.Noble Collection of British Tokens

Description

Italy, Campania, Hyria, (c.400-395 B.C.), silver stater, (6.91 grams), obv. head of helmeted Athena to right, crested helmet, with owl and wreath on helmet, rev. man-headed bull to left, above [Y]DINA, double exergue line, (cf.S.294 [£200], Rutter 76 [obv. die 32, rev. die 70]). Struck from a worn obverse die, reverse slightly off centre, otherwise fine and very rare.

See note above. Only one example is known from this die combination and this is in the Naples Museum collection.

Estimate
$200
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$200