Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 195. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. AR Nomos (7.65 g, 1h). Head of Demeter right, hair bound with fillet / Barley ear of seven grains with leaf to right; ΛY above leaf. Noe 483; HN Italy 1541; SNG ANS 365 (same dies). Fine, lightly toned, weakly struck in centers. Rare, Noe records 6 examples.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.