CNG 94, Lot: 47. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 334-300 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.53 g, 10h). Kleudoros group. Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with griffin and small swan’s head above tip of visor / Lion standing left; Φ above, monogram below. William 297 (O165/R228); HN Italy 1289; SNG Ashmolean 1233; SNG Copenhagen 1553; BMC 60; Dewing 460 (all from the same dies). Good VF, toned, minor flan flaw and die break on obverse.

From the JMG Collection. Ex Sternberg XIII (17 November 1983), lot 52.