Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 151. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos (7.52 g, 12h). Barley ear of eight grains / Incuse barley ear of eight grains. Noe 11 (same dies); HN Italy 1459. Fine, toned, banker’s mark on obverse, light scratches and minor marks under tone, trivial flan flaw. Very rare, Noe lists 9 examples.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Glendining (11 December 1975), lot 15.