Ancients
LUCANIA. Thurium. Ca. 300-280 BC. AR stater (21mm, 7.90 gm, 7h). NGC AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Scylla pointing with right hand, rudder in left; TIMO between neck guard and crest / ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ, bull butting right, head turned facing; Nike flying right above crowning bull. Unpublished in the standard references. Hunterian pg. 106, 29 var. (same obverse die, star on reverse). HN Italy -. Magnificently detailed with flashes of red toning on pristine surfaces. Excellent eye appeal.
Ex M. L. Collection of Coins of Magna Graecia and Sicily; Numismatica Ars Classica 82 (20 May 2015), lot 24; Numismatic Ars Classica (1993), private sale.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD