CNG 87, Lot: 167. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Nomos – Stater (19mm, 7.71 g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with Skylla scanning / Bull butting right; star above, retrograde ΣΩ between rear legs, “grass” on exergue line; in exergue, fish right and cockle shell. HN Italy 1820; SNG ANS 1071 (same dies). Near VF, toned, areas of roughness on reverse.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex UBS 59 (27 January 2004), lot 5095 (part of).