Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Lucania, Thourion. Silver Double Nomos or Distater (15.21 g), ca. 410-400 BC Nea. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet, the bowl of which is decorated with Skylla scanning, and on neckguard griffin standing right; above, Φ. Reverse: ΘYPIΩ[N], bull butting right; in exergue, fish right. Noe B2j = SNG ANS 957 (same dies); HN Italy 1781. Excellent style, well centered and well struck. Some light porosity. Toned. Nearly Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000

Ex Hess-Divo 317 (27 October 2010), 27; M&M Deutschland 10 (22 March 2002), 147.