‡ Italy, Lucania, Velia, drachm, c. 535-510 BC, forepart of lion right devouring prey; a single leg holds the prey, rev., quadripartite incuse square, 3.79g (Williams 43, O31/R25 = Ward 80, this piece; SNG Copenhagen 1521), good very fine Provenance: John Ward collection, 80; J. Pierpont Morgan, 1905; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sotheby’s, Zurich, 4 April 1973, lot 60; Tradart, Geneva, 16 November 1995, lot 13; European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002).

Estimate: GBP 800-1000