LUCANIA, Poseidonia. Circa 445-420 BC. AR Nomos (18mm, 7.97 g, 5h). Poseidon, bearded and nude but for chlamys draped over both arms, standing right, preparing to cast trident held aloft in right hand, left arm extended; retrograde ΠOMES downward to right / Bull standing left; retrograde ΠOMES above; all within circular incuse. HN Italy 1116; SNG Lloyd 436 (same obv. die); SNG München 1058. Deep old cabinet tone, with some iridescence, slight die wear on reverse. Near EF. Lovely style.
From the Henry A. Sauter Collection. Ex Massachusetts Historical Society/John Quincy Adams Family Collection (Part I, Stack’s, 5 March 1971), lot 46.
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