Ex Hunt Collection

CNG 109, Lot: 40. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Nomos (26mm, 7.58 g, 12h). Spread incuse type. Tripod, legs surmounted by wreaths and terminating in lion's feet, set on basis of three lines, the center dotted; (koppa)PO to left; to right, heron standing left / Incuse tripod as obverse, but wreaths in relief; (koppa)PO to left; to right, heron standing left. Gorini 11; Attianese 19; HN Italy 2081; SNG ANS 248–9; SNG Ashmolean 1467; SNG Lloyd 596; Hunt II 212 (this coin). Good VF, attractive dark iridescent tone.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell Inventory 51305 (August 2014); Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 1355; Classical Numismatic Group 50 (23 June 1999), lot 453; UBS 45 (15 September 1998), lot 102; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Sotheby’s New York, 21 June 1990), lot 212.

From the consignor: This is an interesting coin on two levels. Once again the reverse (incuse) design is larger than the obverse, which surely led to a shortened die life. It also has the reverse heron and ethnic on opposite sides to how they appear on the obverse die. My suspicion is this is a mismatched pair of dies that were not intended to be used together.