CAMPANIA. Teanum Sidicinum. Circa 265-240 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 22 mm, 6.53 g, 6 h). Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress; behind, crane standing left. Rev. 𐌕𐤂𐌀NVR ('tianud' in Oscan) Nike-Victory driving fast biga to left, holding kentron in her right hand and reins in her left. Basel 55 ( this coin ). HN Italy 452. Sambon 987. Rare. Nicely toned and struck on a full flan. The reverse a bit rough, otherwise, very fine.

From the Kleinkunst Collection and from the collection of A. D. Moretti, Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998, 55.

Teanum Sidicinum was the capital of the Oscan tribe of the Sidicini, who submitted to Rome at the end of the second Samnite War (326-304 BC). For a note on the background of this particular issue, see above, lot 24.