CNG 109, Lot: 27. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Sybaris. Circa 550-510 BC. AR Nomos (28mm, 7.51 g, 12h). Bull standing left, head right; VM above / Incuse bull standing right, head left. S&S Class A, pl. XLVIII, 1–3; Gorini 3; HN Italy 1729; SNG ANS 817–27; SNG Lloyd –; Basel 167; Dewing 405; Kraay & Hirmer 212. Good VF, toned.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex RR Collection (Triton XVII, 6 January 2014), lot 22 (hammer of $4400); CNG Inventory 752554 (January 2005); Phil Wallick Collection; Classical Numismatic Review XXVI.1 (Summer 2001), no. 7; Goldberg 8 (16 February 2001), lot 2831.

From the consignor: The Sybaris incuse type with ethnic above the bull is somewhat rarer than the normal type with the ethnic below the exergue line. This coin is also notable for its clean strike with an absence of any major double striking that plagues this series and, in my opinion, detracts from the beauty of the design. It also appears to have traces of an undertype.