Ex Lockett Collection

CNG 112, Lot: 52. Estimate $300. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Sybaris. Circa 446-440 BC. AR Triobol (13mm, 1.20 g, 9h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Bull standing right, head left. HN Italy 1751; SNG ANS 862; SNG Lockett 465 (this coin). Toned, a few light scratches under tone, shallow cut on reverse. Good VF. Unusually well centered and complete. A very attractive example for the type.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 21 (17 May 2001), lot 28; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Part II [Greek Part I], Glendining, 25 October 1955), lot 339; Naville X (15 June 1925), lot 94.

This coin is from the fourth founding of Sybaris in 446 BC, accomplished with Athenian aid. In 444 BC, the city received additional colonists from Athenian territories. This mixing of peoples is reflected in the types chosen for the city's coins in this period: Athena, from Athens, taking the obverse, while the bull of Sybaris is on the reverse. Circa 440 BC, disputes arose and the original Sybarites were once again expelled, and the colonists, who remained in the city, renamed it Thurium.