LUCANIA. c. 410-400 BC
LUCANIA. c. 410-400 BC
$9,500.00
AR Distater, 15.18g (24mm, 9h). Helmeted head of Athena with Skylla adorning facing r. / Bull butting r.; above, ΘΟYΡΙΩΝ above.
Pedigree: Ex Ravel, April 1938 (no lot number of sale given)
References: HGC 1-1254. SNG ANS 958
Grade: Lovely toned surfaces. High relief. A fair amount of porosity and roughness on surfaces. Traces of undertype on reverse. EF/Good VF. (gk1651)
Lucania is historically the southern part of Italy. The Lucanians moved into this area pushing out the Oenotrians, “people of the land of vines”. Eventually the Oenotrians were absorbed into other Italic tribes. Thurium, where this coin was struck, was formerly Sybaris. This very important city in Magna Graecia was destroyed in c. 510 BC and later became Thurium.