Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 167. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $395. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (7.43 gm). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with a griffin; A above, F below chin, IE on outlined tablet behind neck / Lion attacking stag left. Williams, Velia 567 (O283/R396); SNG ANS 1400 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 1402 (same obverse die); HN Italy 1318. VF, toned, light porosity. ($300)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.