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CNG 109, Lot: 26. Estimate $2000.
Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Poseidonia. Circa 410-350 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.86 g, 5h). Poseidon, nude but for chlamys draped over shoulders, standing right, preparing to cast trident held aloft in right hand, left arm extended; to right, dolphin downward / Bull standing left; tiny cuttlefish below; all within incuse circle. Kraay, Stateri 6 (same dies); HN Italy 1134; SNG ANS 688–9 (same dies). VF, toned. Rare type with cuttlefish.


From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell Inventory 51785 (February 2015); Paul H. Gerrie Collection (Triton XII, 6 January 2009), lot 43; Triton VII (13 January 2004), lot 30; Münzen und Medaillen AG 88 (17 May 1999), lot 30.