Sale: Triton V, Lot: 70. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion . Circa 300-250 BC. Æ 15mm (3.28 gm). Athena Alkidemos advancing right, holding spear over head and shield on left arm / META, owl standing right, head facing, on ear of barley. Johnston, "The Bronze Coinage of Metapontum," in Kraay/Mørkholm Essays, 68a; SNG ANS 562 var. (Athena left); BMC Italy pg. 263, 193; Boutin, "Catalogue des Monnaies Grecques...Collection Pozzi," 542 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 1254; SNG Morcom 296 var. (same); Laffaille -. EF, dark brown patina. ($300)

Ex Pozzi Collection.