Watch List notes:

LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 465-440 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 8.00 g, 5h). Lion at bay right on double exergue line; A above / Head of the nymph Hyele right; V-E-Λ-H around; all within incuse circle. Williams 71a (O54/R50) = C. Kraay, "A mid-fifth century hoard from South Italy" in SNR 66 (1987), p. 29, 1 (this coin); HN Italy 1264. EF, toned. Fine style. Rare.


Ex Leu 81 (16 May 2001), lot 29; Leu 48 (10 May 1989), lot 25; Leu 2 (25 April 1972), lot 46; 1971 'S. Giovanni Ionico' Hoard (CH IX, 599).