The Mysterious Goddess Pandina

253, Lot: 5. Estimate $150. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, Hipponion. Late 4th-early 3rd centuries BC. Æ (16mm, 3.70 g, 6h). Diademed head of Apollo right; behind, uncertain symbol or letter / The goddess Pandina standing left, holding wreath and scepter; uncertain symbol to outer left, pentagram to outer right. Cf. HN Italy 2252 and 2255; cf. SNG ANS 460-2. VF, dark brown patina, some roughness.

Ex Tom Virzi Collection.

An interesting depiction of the mysterious goddess Pandina, of whom virtually nothing is known.