★ Ex Bement Collection ★

LUCANIA, Sybaris. Circa 453-448 BC. AR Sixth Nomos – Triobol (10.5mm, 1.20 g, 3h). Poseidon, nude but for chlamys draped over both arms, in throwing stance right, holding trident overhead in right hand / Bull standing left; VM above. Cf. HN Italy 1748–9; SNG ANS 869; Bement 216 ( this coin ). Deep old cabinet tone. VF.

From the Alpine Collection. Ex Clarence S. Bement Collection (Naville VI, 28 January 1924), lot 216. Lot includes an old French collection ticket.

The obverse type of this period clearly employs the same as that found on the coins of Poseidonia, though the reason for this is not certain. It has been suggested (cf. HN Italy and IACP), that refugees from Sybaris may have taken refuge in Poseidonia, and that Poseidonia played an influential role in the subsequent refoundation of the city in 453 BC.