Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 209. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. AR Nomos (7.55 g, 5h). 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). Fine, dark gray toning, some porosity and minor marks, struck from worn obverse die, small chip on reverse. Overstruck on uncertain type (profile of face right clearly visible on reverse). Rare, Noe records 8 examples.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.