LUCANIA. Poseidonia. Circa 530-500 BC. Stater (Silver, 31 mm, 7.47 g, 12 h). ΠOM (retrograde) Poseidon, nude save for a chlamys draped over his shoulders, advancing to right, brandishing a trident held with his upraised right hand and extending his left arm before him; all within a guilloche border. Rev. ΠOM Poseidon, nude save for a chlamys draped over his shoulders, advancing to left, brandishing trident held with his upraised right hand and extending his left arm before him; all within a herringbone border; all incuse. BMC 5. HGC 1, 1150. HN III 1107. Cf. SNG ANS 614. SNG Lloyd 428. Rare, attractively toned and clear. Very fine.

From an American collection, the Prospero Collection, New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, 81, and the Pflieger, "Gallia", Collection, J. Vinchon, 13 April 1985, 48.