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NYINC Signature Sale 3051 8-9 January 2017
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LUCANIA. Thurium. Ca. 350-300 BC. AR distater (26mm, 15.68 gm, 11h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 4/5. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Scylla hurling stone, B behind / ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ HPA in two lines above bull charging right, head lowered, fish swimming right in exergue. Noe, Thurian N6 (same dies). HN Italy 1858. Jameson 386 (same dies). De Luynes 583 (same dies). Deeply struck and perfectly centered on a broad, round flan, and struck from dies of surpassingly serene style; far above the examples of this attractive type usually encountered.
Estimate: 8000-11000 USD
LUCANIA. Thurium. Ca. 350-300 BC. AR distater (26mm, 15.68 gm, 11h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 4/5. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Scylla hurling stone, B behind / ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ HPA in two lines above bull charging right, head lowered, fish swimming right in exergue. Noe, Thurian N6 (same dies). HN Italy 1858. Jameson 386 (same dies). De Luynes 583 (same dies). Deeply struck and perfectly centered on a broad, round flan, and struck from dies of surpassingly serene style; far above the examples of this attractive type usually encountered.
Estimate: 8000-11000 USD