Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3386 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $200
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ITALY, Campania, Hyria, (c.400-395 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (6.87 grams), obv. head of crested helmeted Athena to left, with owl and wreath on helmet, rev. man-headed bull to left, above YDINAI, (cf.S.294, Rutter Group 8, No. 88 [obv. die 37, rev. die 80], SNG ANS 263 [same dies], HN Italy 539). Deeply toned, some surface pitting, otherwise good fine and very rare.
Only six examples are known from this die combination and these are nearly all in Museum collections.
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