Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 155. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 510-470 BC. AR Nomos (7.89 g, 12h). Barley ear of seven grains / Incuse barley ear of six grains. Noe 182; HN Italy 1482. VF, lightly toned, wavy flan, areas of minor roughness. Very rare, Noe lists four examples.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex UBS 59 (29 January 2004), lot 5183 (part of).