LUCANIA, Metapontion. temp. Pyrrhos of Epeiros. Circa 280-279 BC. AV Tetrobol – Third Stater (13.5mm, 2.79 g, 1h).

Triton XXV
Lot: 29. Estimated: $ 7 500

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold

Sold For $ 48 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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LUCANIA, Metapontion. temp. Pyrrhos of Epeiros. Circa 280-279 BC. AV Tetrobol – Third Stater (13.5mm, 2.79 g, 1h). Bearded head of Leukippos right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone; ΛEYKIΠΠ[OΣ] above / Two six-grained barley ears, each with a curly leaf to outside; M-E across outer fields, ΣI between. Johnston G5.1 (same dies); HN Italy 1630; SNG ANS 397–8; SNG Lockett 404 (same rev. die); Basel 153 = Gillet 202 (same obv. die); Dewing 378; Gulbenkian 72; Jameson 1867. Light red tone, underlying luster. EF.

Ex Waddell inventory 54821 (ND); Gasvoda Collection (Triton XXII, 9 January 2019) lot 55 (hammer $10000); New York Sale XXXVII (5 January 2016), lot 797; Numismatica Ars Classica 23 (19 March 2002), lot 1043.

Demonstrating the usual flare shown by the die engravers in the service of Pyrrhos during his military expedition in Italy and Sicily, the small gold issues of 280/279 depicting Nike and Leukippos (HN Italy 1629-1631) are of a refinement second to none. The traditional city founder is rendered in exquisite detail with the added novelty of his helmet being decorated with Skylla hurling a stone, the very embodiment of aggressive violence before the enemy in time of war.

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