Ex Woodward and Mathey Collections

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 105. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. AR Nomos (8.01 g, 2h). Laureate head of Apollo right; AΠOΛ on base of neck, Σ below / Barley ear of seven grains, leaf to left. Noe 463g = E.S.G. Robinson, Ancient Greek coins in the possession of William Harrison Woodward. A catalogue (Oxford, 1928), 20 (this coin); HN Italy 1534; BMC 94 (same dies); De Sartiges 40 (same dies). Near EF, attractively toned.

Ex Spink-Gallerie des Monnaies (10 October 1977), lot 37; Numismatic Fine Arts II (25 March 1976), lot 24; William Harrison Woodward Collection, 20; Mathey Collection (not from Feuardent sale).