LUCANIA, Poseidonia. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Nomos (27mm, 7.24 g, 12h). Poseidon, beardless and nude but for chlamys draped over both arms, standing right, preparing to cast trident held aloft in right hand, left arm extended; MOΠ to left / Incuse of obverse type, but trident and ethnic is in relief; MOΠ to right. Gorini 5 (same dies as illustration); HN Italy 1107; SNG ANS 615 (same dies); SNG München 5 (same dies). Minor doubling, area of weak strike, slight roughness. Near EF. Good metal for this typically porous issue.
From the JTB Collection. Ex Gemini X (13 January 2013), lot 7; Manhattan Sale I (5 January 2010), lot 14.