LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 443-400 BC. AR Double Nomos – Distater (24.5mm, 15.47 g, 9h).Triton XXIII – Session One – Greek Coinage Part I Greek, Silver Sold For $ 1 600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 443-400 BC. AR Double Nomos – Distater (24.5mm, 15.47 g, 9h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with laurel wreath / Bull butting right on plain ground line; ΘOYPIΩ[N] above, Z to right; all within shallow incuse square. Noe, Thurian, Group A, 2 (same obv. die as illustration); Jörgensen 19; HN Italy 1762; BMC 1 (same obv. die); Basel 173 = Gillet 217 = Kunstfreund 70 (same obv. die); Sternberg XVI, lot 35 (same dies). Darkly toned, underlying luster. Good VF. From the first issue of double nomoi. Extremely rare. |