Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3200 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $180
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ITALY, Lucania, Sybaris, (530-510 B.C.), silver obol, (0.342 grams), obv. bull standing left, looking back, dotted border, rev. large M as **S* (but no V), (cf.S.248, cf.SNG ANS 854, variant apparently unpublished); Thurium (Thourioi), (425-400 B.C.), silver sixth stater, (0.926 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Athenian helmet, ornamented with olive wreath, rev. bull butting to right, **QOURIW[N] above, (cf.S.438; SNG ANS 1030-1 [similar dies]). Both light in weight from chips out of edges of each coin, otherwise fine - nearly very fine, the first very rare and apparently unlisted. (2)
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 66 (lot 3263).
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