Gemini III, January 9th, 2007
Lot # 42 Estimate: US$2500

LUCANIA. Thurium. Ca. 443-400 BC. Silver stater (8.07 gm). Head of 
Athena right in crested Attic helmet adorned with olive wreath, Ö 
before head / QOYRIWN, bull with lowered head walking left on double 
exergual line, Ö on rump, bird with open wings alighting left 
beneath bull, tunny fish left in exergue. SNG ANS 948 (same obverse 
die). HN Italy 1772. Signed thrice by Phrygillos. Obverse slightly 
double struck. Nearly mint state. 

In his 1949 publication, Masterpieces of Greek Coinage, Charles 
Seltman noted three signatures for the artist Phrygillos on this 
issue (no. 26); two in the form of the letter “Ö” and the third in 
the form of the finch, which is phrygillos in Greek. 

2006 Gemini, LLC
Sold for $3400 [ $3910, 3022.43 EUR, 1994.1 GBP

Re-used by permission of Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com) and
    Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com)