Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 5002 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $250
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SOLD $260
ITALY, Lucania, Velia, silver nomos, stater or didrachm (probably plated), 365-350/340 B.C., Period V, Theta Group, (7.07 grams), obv. Athena head to right, wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with griffin, with die flaw behind eye, **Q* behind flap, **F* in front, rev. Lion prowling to left, in exergue **UELHTWN*, below lion **Q*, (cf.S.454, Williams 296-22 [p.72, Pl.XVIII, same dies 8 coins noted], SNG Delepierre 412). Very fine and rare.
Ex Dr Garth Drewry Collection, Triton Sale XI January 9, 2008 (lot 1758 part) and previously from Rubio-Merino in Madrid, Spain, November 1973.
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