Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 161. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 510-470 BC. AR Nomos (8.12 g, 12h). Barley ear of six grains; to right, lizard upward / Incuse barley ear of six grains. Noe 215 (same dies); HN Italy 1483. VF, toned, area of flat strike and slight bend in flan. Rare, Noe records 5 examples.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Kovacs XV (1 October 2003), lot 7.