294, Lot: 4. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 6.97 g, 10h). Helmeted head of Athena left, helmet decorated with griffin, palmette on neck guard; A before crest, IE within incuse square behind neck guard / Lion attacking stag left. Williams 584 (O289/R407); HN Italy 1318. VF, toned, small area of roughness on back of lion.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 724.