Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 208. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $175. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. AR Nomos (7.67 g, 4h). Head of Demeter right; K behind / Barley ear of seven grains with leaf to left. Noe 512 (same dies); HN Italy 1549 var. (retrograde K); SNG ANS 382 (same dies); McClean 962 (same dies). VF, toned, struck from worn obverse die, minor roughness. Rare, Noe records 8 examples.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.