CNG 84, Lot: 40. Estimate $200. Sold for $390. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CAMPANIA, Neapolis. Circa 300-275 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.49 g, 9h). Diademed head of nymph right; Thessalian helmet behind, [APTEMIOΣ below] / Man-headed bull walking right; above, Nike flying right, placing wreath on bull's head; ΘE below. Cf. Sambon 461; HN Italy 579; SNG ANS 348 (same dies). Near VF, scratch in left field on obverse, small flan flaw on rump of bull.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.