Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 215. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. AR Nomos (7.65 g, 1h). Head of Demeter left / Barley ear of seven grains with leaf to right; ivy leaf above leaf. Noe 522 (same dies); HN Italy 1545; SNG ANS 389 (same dies). VF, toned, a little rough. Overstruck on uncertain type. Rare, Noe records 6 examples.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.