★ Ex Glendining 1963 ★

Poseidonia

Nomos circa 530-500, AR 28 mm, 7.25 g. [ΠΟ]Σ Poseidon bearded, diademed and naked but for chlamys over shoulders, advancing r., hurling trident in upraised r. hand and holding wreath in extended l. hand. Rev. The same type incuse. de Luynes 525. SNG ANS 609. Boston, MFA 123. Brousseau 71. Historia Numorum Italy 1107.

A very rare variety with Poseidon holding wreath. Lovely old cabinet tone.

Traces of overstriking, almost invisible nick on Poseidon’s body

and several marks on reverse, otherwise good very fine

Ex Glendining sale 13 December 1963, Foreign Amateur, 59. From the collection of a Mentor