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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severatus, post: 2117205, member: 74162&quot;]I purchased this coin from an Ebay seller who purchased it originally in the early 80&#039;s from a NY Well know dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin had no attribution other than the obvious type.</p><p><br /></p><p>For it&#039;s type it is more Photo real than most engravings of the same series.</p><p><br /></p><p>The depth, relief and micro details are remarkable.</p><p><br /></p><p>At 20-30x Magnification you can see the striations in the Tully fishes fins including contours of the Head. The long sinewy legs of the Bull VS the typical thick legs usually seen on these issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed there was a Φ on the Obverse just fore of the Plume of the helm. It is partially off the planchet but is clear under a loupe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then on the reverse I noticed under 10X magnification another Φ on the haunch/arse of the Bull.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Relief is high and the die looks to have cracked on the obverse on my example - possibly lamination?</p><p><br /></p><p>Note also the Corinthian Plum has deep recesses to divide the shape &amp; form. </p><p><br /></p><p>I did some looking around and found these clues.</p><p><br /></p><p>Found This listed with the Following Coin</p><p><br /></p><p>Gemini III, January 9th, 2007</p><p>Lot # 42 Estimate: US$2500</p><p><br /></p><p>LUCANIA. Thurium. Ca. 443-400 BC. Silver stater (8.07 gm). Head of</p><p>Athena right in crested Attic helmet adorned with olive wreath, Ö</p><p>before head / QOYRIWN, bull with lowered head walking left on double</p><p>exergual line, Ö on rump, bird with open wings alighting left</p><p>beneath bull, tunny fish left in exergue. SNG ANS 948 (same obverse</p><p>die). HN Italy 1772. Signed thrice by Phrygillos. Obverse slightly</p><p>double struck. Nearly mint state.</p><p><br /></p><p>In his 1949 publication, Masterpieces of Greek Coinage, Charles</p><p>Seltman noted three signatures for the artist Phrygillos on this</p><p>issue (no. 26); two in the form of the letter “Ö” and the third in</p><p>the form of the finch, which is phrygillos in Greek.</p><p><br /></p><p>2006 Gemini, LLC</p><p>Sold for $3400 [ $3910, 3022.43 EUR, 1994.1 GBP</p><p><br /></p><p>Estimate: US$2500 [ATTACH=full]400990[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I found this description as well but, the picture would not upload</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Re-used by permission of Harlan J Berk (<a href="http://www.harlanjberk.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.harlanjberk.com" rel="nofollow">www.harlanjberk.com</a>) and</p><p>Freeman &amp; Sear (<a href="http://www.freemanandsear.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.freemanandsear.com" rel="nofollow">www.freemanandsear.com</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucania.Thurium. Silver stater (7.86 gm). Lucania, Thurium, Ca. 433-400 BC. Head of Athena right in crested Attic helmet adorned with olive wreath, Φ above visor (off flan) / ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ, bull walking left on double exergual line, bird alighting left below, tunny fish left in exergue. SNG Lockett 477 (this coin). Pozzi 223 (this coin). SNG ANS 948-950. SNG Ashmolean 988-902. HN Italy 1772. Noteworthy pedigree. Some minor isolated obverse pitting. About extremely fine.</p><p>Ex CNG 40, December 1996, lot 643; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Glendining, 26 October 1955,Syracusan Phrygillus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Original Forum Blog Post</p><p>[ATTACH=full]401015[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=79125.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=79125.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=79125.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is my example Not sure why there are multiple pics of the same?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]401005[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]401004[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]401003[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]401002[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]400990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]400990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]401002[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]401003[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]401004[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]401005[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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