259, Lot: 16. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 7.16 g, 11h). Signed by the die-engraver(?) Molossos. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla scanning / Bull butting right on thin exergual line inscribed [MOΛ]OΣΣOΣ; in exergue, [fish right]. HN Italy 1784 var. (M on neck guard); SNG ANS 1026 (same obv. die). Near VF, worn die.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Waddell 81 (24 January 2004), lot 80 (part of).

The signature Molossos may be that of the engraver as opposed to a magistrate’s signature.