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Lot number: 68

Price realized: 5,500 CHF   (Approx. 6,243 USD / 5,769 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


LUCANIA. Velia. Circa 400-340 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 7.71 g, 10 h). Lion crouching right; in exergue, owl standing right. Rev. ΥΕΛΗ Head of a nymph to right, wearing single pendant earring and necklace; below chin, Φ; to right, grape vine with grape bunch. HN Italy 1276. SNG Ashmolean 1094 (same dies). SNG Lloyd 513 (same dies). SNG München 840 (same dies). Williams 211 (O130/R164). Rare and with attractive old collection toning. Struck from somewhat worn dies, otherwise, very fine.


From the Prospero Collection, The New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, 88.

Starting price: 1000 CHF