Rare Teanum Sidicinum Nomos

305, Lot: 20. Estimate $1000. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAMPANIA, Teanum Sidicinum. Circa 265-240 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 6.88 g, 6h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; prow behind / Nike, holding kentron and reins, driving galloping triga left. HN Italy 452; SNG ANS –; SNG France –; Sambon –. VF, darkly toned, scratch across top of reverse. Rare and with a seemingly unrecorded symbol on obverse.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica K (30 March 2000), lot 1021.