‡ Italy, Campania, Hyria, didrachm, c. 395-385 BC, head of Hera Lakinia facing three-quarters right wearing stephane decorated with anthemion flanked by foreparts of winged griffins; in upper right field, Γ, rev., ΥΡΙΝΑ (retrograde), man-headed bull walking right, 7.49g, die axis 7.00 (Rutter 126e, this piece; SNG ANS 269-273; Dewing 91; AMB 37; Jameson 41; SNG Lockett 73, all from the same obverse die), beautifully toned and extremely fine Provenance: Roger Peyrefitte collection, Vinchon, Monaco, 29 April 1974, lot 1; Tradart, Geneva, 8 November 1992, lot 8; European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002).

Estimate: GBP 6000-8000