Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 204. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. AR Nomos (7.46 g, 5h). Head of Demeter right, circlet suspended from hair; ΣO[AT] to left, [AP]IΣTI on truncation of neck / Barley ear of seven grains with leaf to left. Noe 504 (same dies); HN Italy 1529; Jameson 928 (same dies). VF, lightly toned. Excellent silver quality. Rare, Noe records 4 examples.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.