Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 52. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Sybaris. Circa 453-448 BC. AR Triobol (1.44 gm, 1h). Poseidon advancing right / Bird standing right. Kraay, Coinage pl. IV, 9; SNG ANS 860; HN Italy 1744. VF, toned, edge splits, granular surfaces. Very rare. ($300)

This coin is from the third foundation of Sybaris. The citizens of Laos played a role in this foundation, and Kraay believed the bird on the reverse was intended to be a laioV, a type of thrush, which served as a pun on the name of the city Laos.