Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 165. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 300-280 BC. AR Nomos (7.54 gm). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Phrygian helmet decorated with a griffin; Q behind neck / Lion right devouring ram's head; above, F-I flanking grasshopper right. Williams, Velia 411 (O204/R290); SNG ANS 1362 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 1321 (same dies); HN Italy 1305. VF, toned, well-centered. ($400)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.