318, Lot: 20. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Velia. Circa 334-300 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.16 g, 5h). Kleudoros Group. Head of Athena left, wearing crested Phrygian helmet decorated with centauress; monogram behind / Lion feeding to left; Φ above; ethnic in exergue has been erased from the die and replaced with a “tablet” upon which is new ethnic is very lightly engraved. Williams 340 (O176/R243); HN Italy 1293. Near VF, toned, scratches on both sides.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection.