Watch List notes:

LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 300-280 BC. AR Nomos (21.5mm, 7.35 g, 8h). Philistion Group. Helmeted head of Athena right, bowl decorated with griffin; Φ behind neck / Lion standing right; in exergue, leaf between Φ-I. Williams Period VII, Section 68, 398 (O199/R282); HN Italy 1302; SNG Ashmolean 1308 (same dies); SNG Lockett 560 (same dies). Deep iridescent tone, a few light marks. Good VF. Well centered and struck. Very rare issue, only two examples noted by Williams, and this is the only example in CoinArchives.


Ex Waddell inventory C43367; Triton VII (13 January 2004), lot 32.