LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 410-400 BC. AR Dinomos – Distater (26mm, 15.71 g, 3h). EF.

CNG Feature Auction 121
Lot: 74. Estimated: $ 7 500

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 17 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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LUCANIA, Thourioi. Circa 410-400 BC. AR Dinomos – Distater (26mm, 15.71 g, 3h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated on its bowl with Skylla scanning, and on its neck guard with griffin advancing right / Bull butting right, ligate VE on its hind quarter; ΘOYPIΩN above, IΣTOPOΣ on ground line; in exergue, fish right. Noe, Thurian B6 (same dies); HN Italy 1781; de Luynes 581 (same dies); Naville V, lot 551 (same dies); E.S.G. Robinson, “Coins of Thurium from the Collection of the Marchese Ginori” in NC 1927, 4 (same dies). Toned, small mark in field on obverse, minor die shift on reverse. EF. Boldly struck in high relief.

From the Father & Son Collection, purchased from Pars Coins, 10 February 2019. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts 24 (22 June 2016), lot 112.


The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 121 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 6-8 October 2022. This lot is in Session One, which will begin 6 October 2022 at 9 AM ET.

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