Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 160. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 510-470 BC. AR Nomos (7.98 g, 12h). Barley ear of seven grains with small additional terminal grains / Incuse barley ear of seven grains. Noe 208; HN Italy 1482. VF, toned, minor die rust on obverse, a few deposits. Rare, Noe records two examples.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Ponterio 121 (8 August 2002), lot 51.