445, Lot: 31. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Nomos (27.5mm, 7.76 g, 12h). Tripod, legs surmounted by wreaths and terminating in lion's feet, two serpents rising from the bowl and between feet; retrograde (koppa)PO to left, crab to right / Incuse tripod as obverse, but wreaths and serpents in relief, no serpents between legs; (koppa)PO to left, crab to right. Gorini –; Attianese 32 var. (ethnics); HN Italy 2078. VF, old cabinet tone, trace encrustation, a few scratches and marks under tone.

From a European collection formed prior to the First World War.