146, Lot: 5. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

APULIA, Venusia. Circa 210-200 BC. Æ Nomos (33mm, 24.50 g). Wreathed head of Dionysos right; VE monogram behind / Dionysos seated, holding grapes in right hand, thyrsos in left; N•I right. SNG ANS 758; SNG France 1450; HN Italy 719. Near VF, dark brown patina, test cut on edge. Rare large bronze denomination for this city.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection; Ex Frank Kovacs Mail Bid Sale 10 (18 May 1990), lot 40.