Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3489 SESSION 17 (9.30AM FRIDAY 24TH NOV) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $120
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $160
ITALY, Lucania, Poseidonia, (c.480-450 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.48 g), obv. Poseidon, naked but for chlamys over shoulder, advancing brandishing trident, **POM[ES] before, rev. bull walking to left, all within shallow incuse square, above **EMOP (retrograde), (cf. S.424, SNG Cop.1278-9, SNG ANS 652). Hammered on edge, edge porosity and flaking, otherwise good fine, and very scarce.
Ex Dr Hugh Preston Collection.
Previously Noble Numismatics Sale 59, lot 1789.
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