From the Deyo, Oechsner, Nanteuil, Sangorski, and Strozzi Collections

CNG 90, Lot: 315. Estimate $500. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 334-300 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.38 g, 1h). Kleudoros group. Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly left; KΛEYΔΩPOY on helmet / Lion standing left, devouring prey; monogram between legs. William 334s (O175/R246) = Nanteuil 196 (this coin); HN Italy 1295; SNG ANS 1331; SNG Copenhagen 1560; BMC 70; Boston MFA 152; Pozzi 254 (all from the same dies). Good VF, toned, typical large die break on reverse (diagnostic for this die), light porosity, light cleaning marks.

From the Deyo Collection. Ex Herbert M. Oechsner Collection (Stack’s, 8 September 1988), lot 609; Henri de Nanteuil Collection, no. 196; Ars Classica XIV (2 July 1929), lot 58; Alberto Sangorski Collection; Sambon (19 December 1907), lot 46; Carlo Strozzi Collection (Sangiorgi, 15 April 1907), lot 1135.