Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 37. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (7.49 g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena left, F on neck flap; monogram behind neck / Lion standing right; caduceus above. Williams 522 (O265/R364); HN Italy 1316; SNG Ashmolean 1381 (same dies); Dewing 472 (same dies); Hunterian 49 (same dies). Good VF, lightly toned, small die break on reverse. Struck on an unusually broad flan.