ITALY or SICILY, Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Litra or Obol (9mm, 0.49 g). Open mussel shell / Wheel with four spokes. HN Italy –; HGC 2, –; SNG Lloyd 1031 (Himera[?]) = Weber 1354 (Kamarina[?]); Manganaro,
mikrà pl. 3, 34 (Cumae). EF. Good metal. Very rare, only three in CoinArchives.
Ex ArtCoins Roma 12 (29 October 2014), lot 105.
In addition to the possible issuers listed above, see Vlasto 93 for a nomos of Tarentum with an open mussel shell as a subsidiary symbol on the obverse and a wheel as the reverse type.
