Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 244. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009. Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. AR Nomos (7.89 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Demeter left / Barley ear of seven grains with leaf to left; above leaf, Artemis-Hekate advancing right; [Λ]Y below leaf. Johnston Class C, 7.4 (same dies); HN Italy 1590; SNG Delepierre 338 (same dies). VF, areas of flat strike, struck from slightly worn dies.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Noble 51 (3 July 1996), lot 2031.