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259, Lot: 15. Estimate $150.
Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.61 g, 8h). Signed by the die-engraver(?) Molossos. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla scanning / Bull standing right on thick exergual line inscribed MOΛOΣΣOΣ, head lowered; in exergue, fish right. HN Italy 1784; SNG ANS 1023. Fine, toned. Very rare.


From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Waddell 81 (24 January 2004), lot 80 (part of).

The signature Molossos may be that of the engraver as opposed to a magistrate’s signature.