Exceptional Cales Bronze

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 8. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAMPANIA, Cales. Circa 265-240 BC. Æ 21mm (6.96 g, 8h). Laureate head of Apollo left; poppy behind / Man-headed bull standing right; lyre above, Γ below. Sambon 927; HN Italy 436. Near EF, dark green patina.

From the Paul H. Gerrie Collection. Ex Gary Davies Collection (Freeman & Sear FPL 7, Spring 2003), no. G7; Numismatica Ars Classica 95 (26 October 1995), lot 6.