LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.95 g, 3h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet with neck guard, the bowl decorated with Skylla pointing / Bull butting right, head facing, on dotted ground line; ΘOYPIΩN above; in exergue, fish right. HN Italy 1802; SNG ANS 1005; SNG Ashmolean 958; SNG Lloyd 484 (same dies); Dewing 442 (same dies). Attractive light iridescent tone, minor die wear on obverse. EF.
From the William H. Birkinshaw Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell Ltd., 22 July 1997 (inv. no. C24305). Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 85 (11 April 1997), lot 17; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 584 (March 1995), lot 11.