Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 250. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $465. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 325-275 BC. AR Drachm (3.15 g, 2h). Owl standing right, head facing, on olive spray; [Σ]I to left / Barley ear of six grains with leaf to right; caduceus above leaf. Johnston Class F, 1.3 (same rev. die); HN Italy 1611; SNG ANS 507 (same rev. die). VF, lightly toned, minor porosity, a light scratch on obverse, a short scrape near edge on reverse.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.