Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 164. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 470-440 BC. AR Nomos (8.00 g, 12h). Barley ear of six grains / Incuse barley ear of six grains. Noe 244; HN Italy 1484. VF, toned, slightly granular surfaces, a light scrape in field on obverse. Rare, Noe records 3 examples.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink 158 (27 March 2002), lot 16; Riche Collection (Ratto, 25 January 1926), lot 463.