★ From the Kleinkunst Collection and the collection of A. D. Moretti ★

BRUTTIUM. Medma. Circa 350-300 BC. AE (Bronze, 22 mm, 8.33 g, 10 h). Head of the nymph Medma facing slightly to right, wearing wreath of barley ears, pendant earring and pearl necklace. Rev. [MEΣMA]IΩN Laureate head of Apollo to right. Basel 214 ( this coin ). Gorini, Medma, 3. HN Italy 2426. Rare. An unusually attractive example of this difficult issue, with a lovely light green patina. Some breaks in patina near the edge, otherwise, very fine.

From the Kleinkunst Collection, Leu 6, 23 October 2020, 49 and from the collection of A. D. Moretti, Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998, 214.

Medma was a small settlement on the northwestern coast of Bruttium, some 40 km from Rhegion. Its coinage consists of a minor issue of Corinthian staters and a series of bronze coins, all struck in the second half of the 4th century BC.