Italy, Lucania, Thourioi, Didrachm ca. 440-400 BC, very rare

Italy. Lucania. Thourioi. AR (plated?) Didrachm ca. 440-400 BC. 6.46 gr., 18.9 mm.
Obverse: head of Athena to the right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with hippocamp // Reverse: ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ; bull walking to the left on ground line; [in exergue: fish (Chelon Labrosus) to the left.

Ref.: HNI - ; SNG ANS 940 (same dies); SNG Oxford 1006. For the dies cf. CNG 500 (Lancaster PA, 2021), lot 21; for a plated coin from this era: cf. Künker 397 (Osnabrück 2023), lot 2078.

A rare, early emission with a hippocamp on the helmet of Athena. Good Very Fine.