Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 186. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. AR Nomos (6.77 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Demeter facing slightly right; [ΣΩTHPIA above] / Barley ear of six grains on left, seven grains on right, with leaf to right. Noe 449; HN Italy 1523; BMC 145; De Luynes 505; McClean 937-8; Jameson 326 (all from the same dies). Fine, toned, flan flaw on obverse. Noe records 16 examples.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.