Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 196. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. AR Nomos (7.70 g, 5h). Head of Demeter right, hair bound with fillet / Barley ear of seven grains with leaf to right; quince above leaf. Noe 484 (same dies); HN Italy 1540. Near VF, lightly toned, minor cleaning marks. Rare, Noe records 6 examples.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.