CNG 109, Lot: 25. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5503. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Poseidonia. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.33 g, 12h). Poseidon advancing right, naked but for chiton draped over arms, preparing to throw trident he holds aloft; ΠOΣ-E (Σ facing downward) around; double-pelleted border / Incuse of obverse, but ΠOΣ-E (Σ facing downward) retrograde and in relief, double-ribbed border. Gorini 10 (same rev. die as illustration); HN Italy 1108; SNG ANS 625 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 433 = Jameson 332 (same dies); Basel –; Gulbenkian –; Dewing 397; De Luynes 527 = Traité pl. LXVIII, 16 (same dies); Weber 810 (same dies); Winterthur 395 (same dies). Near EF, light toning. Excellent metal. Very rare.

Ex BRN Collection (Triton XV, 3 January 2012), lot 1030.