Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 1607 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $300
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ITALY, Campania, Nola, (c.400-390 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.04 grams), obv. female nymph head with diadem to right, rev. man-headed bull walking to right, above Nike flying to right, **[N]WLAIW[N]*, below bull, single exergue line, (cf.S.311 [Å“250], Rutter 53 [obv. die 22, reverse die 34], Hunter 4 [same dies], SNG Cop. 562 [same obverse die]). Toned, well centred, very fine and rare.
Seven examples are known for this die combination and most of these are in various Museum collections. Rutter in his 1979 definitive die study knew of only 194 examples of this mint in all the public and private collections.
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