LUCANIA. Thourioi. Circa 400-350 BC. Distater (Silver, 24.5 mm, 15.91 g, 6 h). Head of Athena to right, wearing a crested Attic helmet adorned with Skylla raising her right hand as if to shade her eyes as she looks off in the distance; in the field to left, between the end of the crest and the back of Athena's neck, ΙΔ. Rev. ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ Bull, with a lashing tail and head lowered, charging to right; in exergue, river fish swimming to right . HN III 1805. Gulbenkian 93. Jameson 359 (this coin). Noe F 28 c (this coin). With a severe and elegant head of Athena of fine Classical style. Very attractively toned. About extremely fine.
From the collection of J. Abecassis, Leu Numismatics 81, 16 May 2001, 28, ex Monnaies et Médailles 37, 5 December 1968, 55 and from the collections of R. Jameson, A. Delbeke, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge 24 April 1907, 27, W. H. Woodward and Sir E. Bunbury, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 15 June 1896, 159.