Watch List notes:

CAMPANIA, Cumae. Circa 420-385 BC. AR Nomos (18mm, 7.47 g, 12h). Scalp of lion facing, flanked by downward-facing boar heads / Mussel with hinge to right; shell above, retrograde [K]VMAIO[N] around. Rutter 143 (O111/R131); HN Italy 535; SNG Fitzwilliam 105 (same dies); BMC 7 (same dies); de Luynes 133 (same dies). Deeply toned, traces of find patina, a few minor marks. VF. Very rare.

From the Pythagoras Collection. Ex Prof. Dr. Hagen Tronnier Collection (Künker 94, 27 September 2004), lot 54; Nomos FPL 6 (Autumn 1976), no. 1.