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379, Lot: 641. Estimate $150.
Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREEK. Magna Graecia & Sicily. Lot of three (3) bronzes of Paestum from the RBW Collection. Includes: LUCANIA, Paestum (Poseidonia). Second Punic War. 218-201 BC. Æ Uncia (15mm, 2.74 g, 8h). Diademed head of Poseidon right; pellet (mark of value) behind / Trident. Crawford, Paestum 4/2; HN Italy 1188. VF, rough brown surfaces. // Circa 90-44 BC. Æ Semis (16mm, 4.97 g, 11h). Veiled head of Demeter right; S (mark of value) before / Grain ear. Crawford, Paestum 27; HN Italy 1242. Fine, brown patina, some roughness. Rare. // Circa 90-44 BC. Æ Semis (13mm, 2.50 g, 1h). Anchor; S (mark of value) above / Rudder. Crawford, Paestum 35/1; HN Italy 1254. VF, green patina that is chipped around the edge. Average F-VF, as described above. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Three (3) coins in lot.


From the RBW Collection. All Ex Colin E. Pitchfork Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 305, 26 June 2013), lots 27, 46, and 52. The second and third coins are also Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Triton VIII, 12 January 2005), lot 1830 (part of).