Ex Lockett and Pozzi Collections

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2414. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARGOLIS, Argos. Circa 450-430/20 BC. AR Triobol (2.99 g, 6h). Forepart of wolf at bay left; ΣO (Σ retrograde) above / Large A; two small incuse squares above, Σ (facing downward) below crossbar; all within shallow square incuse. BCD Peloponnesos 1032.4; SNG Lockett 2494 = Pozzi 1896 (this coin). VF, toned. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale), purchased from Spink, December 1982; Numismatic Circular LXXXV.7-8 (July-August 1977), no. 6474; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Glendining, 27 May 1959), lot 1988 (part of); Prof. S. Pozzi Collection (Naville-Ars Classica I, 14 March 1921), lot 1896.