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CNG 87, Lot: 176. Estimate $500.
Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Distater (23mm, 15.81 g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with griffin / Bull butting right; branch above; in exergue, aphlaston flanked by HP and AK. Noe, Thurian N4 (same dies); HN Italy 1857; SNG ANS -. VF, toned, overstruck on uncertain type. Rare die combination, only two examples recorded.


From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica K (30 March 2000), lot 1070.