didrachm of Cales, c. 265-240 BC

Obv. hd Athena / Minerva wearing Corinthian helmet
Rev. biga driven by Nike / Victoria, in ex: CALENO


HNI 434     7.40 g     Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 8 2003 lot 196
                       Estimate 2,500 CHF, realized 2,500 CHF  (approx. 1,873 USD)       

type HNI 434



Campania
Cales
Stater (Silver, 7.40 g 5), c. 265-240. 
Head of Minerva to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a serpent; behind neck, thunderbolt; below the neck, H (?). 
Rev. CALENO Victory in biga to left, holding goad in her right hand. 
HN III 434. Sambon 898 var. SNG ANS 172. 
Attractively toned. Extremely fine. 

From the de Guermantes collection, and those of R. de Castro Maya, Bourgey 18 November 1957, 3 and 
of the Earl of Ashburnham, SWH, 6 May 1895, 3.