Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 51. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Paestum (Poseidonia). Circa 2nd century BC. Æ Triens (7.05 gm, 7h). Elephant standing right / Filleted cornucopiae; four pellets to right, AVF (ligate) to right. Crawford, Paestum 21/2; SNG ANS 777; HN Italy 1230. VF, mottled dark green and red patina, slight roughness. Struck on an oversized flan. Very rare. ($500)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.