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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 216. Estimate $150. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009. 
Sold For $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. AR Nomos (7.55 g, 6h). Head of Demeter left / Barley ear of seven grains with leaf to right; ivy leaf above leaf. Noe 522 (same dies); HN Italy 1545; SNG ANS 389 (same dies). Near VF, lightly toned, struck from worn obverse die, a few scratches. Rare, Noe records 6 examples.


From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Noble Numismatics 59 (18 November 1998), lot 1787; Noble Numismatics 52 (13 November 1996), lot 1858.