454, Lot: 2. Estimate $75. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMNIUM, Maleventum (as Beneventum). Circa 265-240 BC. Æ Obol (16.5mm, 4.56 g, 11h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Horse prancing right; pentagram above. Campana 3; HN Italy 440. Dark brown patina, compact flan. Near VF. Very rare.

From the Alpine Collection. Reportedly ex Pozzi Collection (not published in Naville I, nor Boutin). Lot includes an old French Collection ticket.