Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 229. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (7.78 g, 2h). Helmeted head of Leukippos right; behind, lion head right, [monogram below chin] / Barley ear of seven grains with leaf to left; club above leaf, [A]MI below. Johnston Class B, 2.19; HN Italy 1575; SNG Lloyd 378; SNG Fitzwilliam 499 (all from the same dies). VF, lightly toned, struck from slightly worn dies.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.