Lucania, Thurium, stater, c. 390 BC, head of Athena right wearing crested Attic helmet adorned with Skylla who scans the horizon, rev., ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ, bull charging right with ivy-leaf below; in ex., tunny fish right, 7.89g, die axis 3.00 (Jameson 2402, this piece; HN Italy 1787, same dies; SNG ANS 1032, same dies; SNG Ashmolean 1053, same obverse die), extremely fine, perfect toning, rare and with a provenance including Jameson and Kunstfreund (Charles Gillet). Provenence: R. Jameson collection, Paris; Kunstfreund (Gillet) collection, Bank Leu and Mϋnzen und Medaillen, 28 May 1974, lot 182; Bank Leu 36, 1985, lot 27; Numismatica Ars Classica 78, 26 May 2014, lot 187.
(15000-20000 GBP)