nomos (didrachm) of Hyria, 400-395 BC

Obv. hd Athena with Attic helmet
Rev. man-headed bull


Rutter 114var   6.86 g   Classical Numismatic Group > Triton VI 2003 lot 26
                         Estimate 2500 USD, realized 3,500 USD

type HNI 539


CAMPANIA, Hyria. Circa 405-400 BC. AR Nomos (6.86 gm). 
Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet decorated with owl / 
YDINA, man-headed bull walking left. 
Cf. Rutter 114 (dies not listed); SNG ANS 263; Basel 36 = SNG Lockett 68 (this coin). 
Toned EF, exceptional and one of the finest known of the series. (SEE color enlargement on plate 5.)
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 13 (8 October 1998), lot 36; R.C. Lockett Collection (Glendining's, 25-28 October 1955), lot 55; Ars Classica XIII (27 June 1928), lot 13.