BRUTTIUM. Laos. Circa 480-460 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 7.98 g, 9 h), c. 475-470 (?). ϟΑΛ Man-faced bull standing to left, his head turned back to right; in exergue, acorn. Rev. ϟΑΛ Man-faced bull standing to right. HN III 2277. Kraay & Hirmer 216 ( same dies ). Sternberg 15 (V1/R9). SNG Lockett 363 ( this coin ). Nicely toned and struck on a broad flan. Some minor die faults and, on the obverse, traces of overstriking, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Dr. Paul Peter Urone Collection, and from an old Italian collection, Classical Numismatic Group/Numismatica Ars Classica 40, 4 December 1996, 610 from the collections of R. C. Lockett, I, Glendining & Co.,25 October 1995, 363, Sir A. J. Evans and F. S.Benson, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 3 February 1909, 46.