Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 2570 Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $140
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ITALY, Lucania, Poseidonia, (c.480-450 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.58 grams), obv. Poseidon, naked but for chlamys over shoulder, advancing brandishing trident, [**POMES], rev. bull walking to left, all within shallow incuse square, above **EMOP (retrograde), (cf. S.424, SNG Cop.1278-9, SNG ANS 652). Fine/very fine, and very scarce.
The use of reversed legends appears on a number of these coins from this city.
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