Etruria, uncertain mint Æ 100 Units (Centesimae). 4th - 3rd century BC. Laureate and bearded head of Tinia to right; [ƆIC] (mark of value) behind; all within dotted border within laurel wreath / [Incuse hippocamp] to right within border of waves. EC I, 1 (O1/R1); HN Italy 76; Sambon 132; HGC 1, 158; Roma XXI, 8 (hammer: £11,000). 33.08g, 38mm, 9h(?).
Good Fine. Exceptionally Rare; EC cites 7 examples, this seemingly just the second to come to auction in the past two decades after the Roma XXI specimen.
From the Mike Ballerini Collection, collector's ticket included.