Impressive Century-Long Pedigree

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 104. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 430-400 BC. AR Nomos (7.69 g, 7h). Laureate head of Apollo Karneios right / Barley ear, leaf to left. Noe 337n (this coin); HN Italy 1508; Jameson 272 (same dies); de Luynes 472 (same dies); Weber 748-9 (same dies). Near VF, toned, hairline flan crack, a few light marks under tone. Lovely fine style.

Ex R. Maly Collection (LHS 100, 23 April 2007), lot 104; Hess-Leu 28 (5 May 1965), lot 20; V.J.E. Ryan Collection (Part III, Glendining, 24 November 1950), lot 1416, R. Ratto (4 April 1927), lot 205, L. Vierordt Collection (A. Hess 157, 18 March 1918), lot 75; F. Martinetti Collection; G. Nervegna Collection (Sambon-Canessa, 18 November 1907), lot 459.