TYPE Ancient Greece, Paestum (Lucania), 300-268 BC, bronze AE19 DESCRIPTION . Obv: Head of Poseidon to right Rev: Eros riding on dolphin left, holding wreath and scepter, Greek PAISTAN below REFERENCE: Cop 1324, SG 629v GRADING: AVF / VF, mottled and encrusted green patina w/ touches od red ORDER INFO: G2747, $52 Following its capture by Lucanians right after 400 BC, the city's name got corrupted to Paestum, though it retained a degree of its Poseidonian cult, as evidenced on this, the first bronze issue under the new rulers and city name. Encrusted but bold reverse, with a favorite and rather uncommon mythological scene.