Ex Hermitage Collection

Triton XVI, Lot: 186. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Poseidonia. Circa 420-410 BC. AR Nomos (16mm, 7.78 g, 3h). Poseidon, nude but for chlamys draped over both arms, holding trident aloft in right hand, advancing right; H to left, ΠOΣEI[ΔA] to right / Bull standing left; [ΠOΣEIΔA above], H below. Noe, Group 20b (this coin, citing incorrect Hermitage sale date); HN Italy 1127; SNG ANS 678/677 (for obv./rev. dies); SNG Lloyd –; Dewing –. Good VF, toned. Rare.

Ex Münzhandlung Basel 4 (1 October 1935), lot 335; Hermitage Collection (Schlessinger 13, 4 February 1935), lot 99.