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NYINC Signature Sale 3061 7-8 Jan 2018
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LUCANIA. Metapontum. Time of Hannibal, ca. 215-207 BC. AR half-shekel (18mm, 3.77 gm, 10h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 4/5. Head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head / META, grain ear with leaf to right, upon which perches owl with spread wings. SNG ANS 550. Historia Numorum Italy 1634. A lovely example, crisply struck from fresh dies and well centered on a broad planchet of sound metal.
From the Northern California Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 11 (23 November 2004), lot 8.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD
LUCANIA. Metapontum. Time of Hannibal, ca. 215-207 BC. AR half-shekel (18mm, 3.77 gm, 10h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 4/5. Head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head / META, grain ear with leaf to right, upon which perches owl with spread wings. SNG ANS 550. Historia Numorum Italy 1634. A lovely example, crisply struck from fresh dies and well centered on a broad planchet of sound metal.
From the Northern California Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 11 (23 November 2004), lot 8.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD