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Lot # 146
Greek Italy. Central Italy, uncertain mint. Capua or Minturnae(?). AE 19.5 mm. late 90s-early 80s BC. Obv. Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath. Rev. Panther standing right, head turned back, holding thyrsos; CAI in exergue. HN Italy 2667; SNG ANS 771; Cf. Stannard & Sinner, “A central Italian coin with Dionysus/Panther types, and contacts between Central Italy and Spain in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC,” Saguntum 46 (2014), p. 161, 1. AE. 8.30 g. 19.50 mm. RR. Very rare type with CAI on reverse. VF.