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LUCANIA, Poseidonia. Circa 470-445 BC. AR Nomos (18mm, 7.52 g, 8h). Poseidon, nude but for chlamys draped over both arms, holding trident aloft, advancing right; no border / Bull standing right within incuse circle. HN Italy 1114; SNG ANS 646. Lightly toned, with some iridescence, a little off center, overstruck on a nomos of Metapontion “dumpy” grain ear / incuse grain ear type (cf. HN Italy 1484–6). VF.
From the Hesiod Collection.
Poseidonia, later called Paestum, was a coastal city on the front instep of the Italian “boot.” Founded circa 600 BC by colonists expelled from nearby Sybaris, it took its name from a shrine to Poseidon they erected on the Tyrrhenian coast. The site today features three beautifully preserved Doric temples.
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