219, Lot: 89. Estimate $300. Sold for $401. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Lot of Six (6) AR Nomoi & Three (3) AR Diobols. Includes: NOMOI.
1) Circa 400-340 BC. Laureate head of Apollo(?) right; [AΠOΛ] on truncation of neck, [Σ] below / Barley ear, leaf to right. HN Italy 1534 //
2) Similar, but leaf to left. HN Italy 1534 //
3) Circa 400-340 BC. Filleted head of Demeter right / Barley ear, leaf to left. HN Italy 1528 //
4) Similar, but without fillet. Cf. HN Italy 1529-30 //
5) Circa 400-340 BC. Head of Demeter right / Barley ear, leaf to right; K (retrograde) above leaf. HN Italy 1549 //
6) Circa 330-290 BC. Head of Demeter left / Barley ear, leaf to left; above leaf, griffin right; ΛY below leaf. HN Italy 1589 // DIOBOLS.
7) Circa 325-275 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic Helmet with hippocamp on bowl / Barley ear, leaf to right. HN Italy 1600 //
8) Circa 325-275 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Barley ear, leaf to right; cornucopia above leaf. HN Italy - //
9) Same. Fine to VF condition, some roughness and centering issues, fifth coin with flan crack and die break, sixth, seventh, and eight coins toned.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Coins 7 and 8 ex Numismatic Ars Classica Autumn Sale (26 October 1995), lot 955 (part of).