Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 140. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Nomos (8.13 g, 12h). Tripod, legs terminating in lion's feet; to right, heron standing left / Incuse tripod. SNG ANS -; cf. HN Italy 2081. Good VF, lightly toned, slight die shift on reverse.

This variety with the heron standing to the side of the tripod, and not appearing on the reverse, is common in the later series, but unrecorded for the early spread incuse issues