327, Lot: 66. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CAMPANIA, Cumae. Circa 420-385 BC. Fourrée Nomos (18mm, 5.97 g, 7h). Head of lion facing between two boars’ heads downward / Mussel shell; barley grain above. For prototype: Rutter Group 15, 141–4; HN Italy 535. Good VF, toned, a few marks and scratches under tone, plating cracked above mussel. Rare.

From the Continental Collection.