Lot 2175

Sale 64 · Important Australian Coins & Banknotes, Ancient, World Coins & War Medals, The W.J.Noble Collection of Communion Tokens

Description

Italy, Campania, Hyria, (c.400-395 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (6.891 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 98 [obv. die 35, rev. die 86]). Struck from a worn obverse die, reverse slightly off centre, otherwise nearly fine and very rare.

Only two examples are known from this die combination and these are in the Naples Museum collection.

Estimate
$180
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$0